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OF    THE 


INDIANA  LEGION  AND  MINUTE  MEN, 


1863--4. 


OF    THE 


INDIANA  LEGION  AND  MINUTE  MEN, 


1863-4. 


Documents  Presented  to  the  General  Assembly,  with  the  Governor's 

Message, 


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INDIANAPOLIS: 

W.   R.   HOLLOWAY,    STATE    PRINTER. 
1865. 


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CONTENTS. 


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1.  Report  of  Major  General  Mansfield — Indiana  Legion 1 

2.  Governor  Morton's  Address  to  the  "  Legion"  and  "Minute  Men"  of  Indiana    8 

3.  Report  of  Major  General  Lew.  Wallace— Morgan  Raid 10 

4.  Report  of  Lieut.  W.  H.  Smith,  Reg.  Quartermaster,  Gen.  Wallace's  Div...  13 

5.  Report  of  General  John  Love — Morgan  Raid 15 

6.  Report  of  Colonel  John  A.  Mann — Indiana  Legion 20 

7.  Report  of  Colonel  Daniel  F.  Bates — Indiana  Legion 25 

8.  Report  of  Captain  G.  W.  Lyon,  Crawford  Artillery 26 

9.  Report  of  Adjutant  E.  C.  Caldwell— Indiana  Legion 28 

10.  Report  of  Colonel  Lewis  Jordan — Indiana  Legion .,  31 

11.  Parole  of  Militia  and  Minute  Men  at  Corydon — Morgan  Raid 34 

12.  Report  of  Captain  Robert  Denny — Morgan  Raid 38 

13.  Report  of  Lieutenant  A.  W.  Gordan— Morgan  Raid 40 

14.  Report  of  Andrew  J.  Burrell— Morgan  Raid 40 

15.  Report  of  Captain  William  Forquor — Morgan  Raid 41 

16.  Report  of  Lieut.  Colonel  James  F.  McCurdy— Morgan  Raid 43 

17.  Report  of  Colonel  John  T.  Willey—- Border  Service,  1863-4 45 

18.  Report  of  Captain  G.  W.  Colclasure— Hines  and  Morgan  Raid 47 

19.  Report  of  Colonel  Sam.  B.  Sering — Border   Service— Morgan  Raid.. 48 

20.  Report  of  Brig.  General  A.  C.  Downey — Morgan  Raid — Legion 52 

21.  Report  of  Colonel  H.  T.  Williams— Morgan  Raid— Legion 55 

22.  Report  of  Colonel  Harris  Keeney— Morgan  Raid— Legion 58 

23.  Report  of  Colonel  John  A.  Platter— Morgan  Raid 60 

24.  Report  of  Colonel  Lawrence  S.  Shuler — Morgan  Raid > 62 

25.  Report  of  Colonel  Wm.  C.  Wilson— Morgan  Raid 64 

26.  Report  of  Colonel  Kline  G.  Shryock — Morgan  Raid C6 

27.  Report  of  Colonel  B.  M.  Gregory — Morgan  Raid 69 

28.  Report  of  Colonel  Isaac  P.  Gray— Morgan  Raid.,. ,    ....  70 

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29.  Keport  of  Colonel  John  R.  Mahan— Morgan  Raid 72 

30.  Keport  of  Major  Johnson  McCullough,  Brig.  Quartermaster— Morgan  Kaid  74 

31.  Keport  of  Lieut.  Colonel  E.  H.  C.  Cavins,  Chief  Maj.  Gen.  Hughes'  Staff  7T 

32.  Keport  of  Brig.  Gen.  Henry  Jordan— Orange  and  Crawford  Conspiracy...  80 

33.  Testimony  and  Confessions  in  Crawford  and  Orange  Conspiracy 82 

34.  Keport  of  Colonel  Charles  Fournier— Raid  and  Defense  of  Border 85 

35.  Keport  of  Brig.  General  Henry  Jordan— Defense  of  Border 90 

3G.  Report  of  Brevet  Major  General  A.  P.  Hovey— Expedition  to  Kentucky...  92 

37.  Report  of  Colonel  W.  W.  Frybarger,  Chief  of  Artillery— Legion 94 

38.  Report  of  Colonel  J.  H.  Koontz— Indiana  Legion 96 

39.  Report  of  Major  David  E.  Shaw— Indiana  Legion 96 

40.  Keport  of  Colonel  Kennedy  Brown— Indiana  Legion 97 

41.  Report  of  Major  William  Manning— Indiana  Legion 97 

42.  Report  of  Major  Wilson  Morrow — Indiana  Legion 93 

43.  Report  of  Colonel  Thomas  Webb— Indiana  Legion 99 

44.  Report  of  Colonel  Harvey  D.  Scott— Indiana  Legion 100 

45.  Report  of  Captain  Thomas  M.  Adams— Indiana  Legion 100 

40.  Report  of  Brig.  General  Henry  Jordan— Protection  of  the  Border...    ...101 


OPERATIONS 


OF   THE 


INDIANA  LEGION  AND  MINUTE  MEN, 

1863,  1864. 


REPORT  OF  MAJOR  GEN.  JOHN  L.  MANSFIELD. 

HEADQUARTERS  INDIANA  LEGION, 
Indianapolis,  Dec.  27,  1864. 


His  Excellency,  0.  P.  MORTON, 

Governor  of  Indiana: 

SIR  : — In  compliance  with  your  order  for  a  biennial  report  of  the 
acts  and  condition  of  the  Indiana  Legion,  two  separate  reports  should 
have  been  furnished ;  one  by  Major  Gen.  Hughes,  commanding  the 
Second  Division  of  the  Indiana  Legion,  and  one  by  myself  as  Com 
mander  of  the  First  Division.  It  was  thought,  however,  that  one 
report  would  better  answer  the  purpose,  and  Gen.  Hughes  having  to 
be  absent  from  the  State,  requested  me  to  act  for  both. 

The  reports  made  to  these  Headquarters  by  the  officers  command 
ing  the  Legion,  as  far  as  they  have  been  received,  have  been  annexed 
to  this  report.  They  contain  full  and  detailed  accounts  of  various 
events  and  actions  in  which  our  State  troops  have  participated.  To 
avoid  repetition,  I  will  refer  to  these  reports,  instead  of  giving  sepa 
rate  and  additional  recitals  of  those  events. 

It  is  highly  gratifying  to  me  to  be  able  to  say  to  your  Excellency 
I.  L.  R.— 1. 


MORGAN    RAID. 


•    • 


tl;at~t5p:][ncGfiiia  ^flitia;  though  defective  in  many  respects,  has  fully 
answered*  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  intended.  An  organized 
militia  is  a  link  between  the  citizen  and  the  professional  soldier,  and 
its  functions  are  two-fold.  The  one  consists  in  aiding  the  civil  authori 
ties  in  the  execution  of  the  law,  and  the  other  in  performing  such 
military  service  as  cannot  conveniently  be  done  by  the  regular  army. 
All  nations  are  liable,  in  times  of  war,  to  be  disturbed  by  hostile 
invasions,  and  bv  ;  i  >ts  of  lawless  citizens.  An  army  of  professional 
soldiers,  to  f.;;.a  against  such  occurrences,  would  be  an  immense 
expenditure,  and  an  institution  dangerous  to  the  liberty  of  the  people. 
It  is,  therefore,  proper  that  a  nation  capable  of  self-government 
should  be  trusted  with  the  means  of  defense,  and  that  the  citizen 
soldier  should  be  employed  for  the  suppression  of  riots,  and  for  the 
repelling  of  invasions.  Both  of  these  ends  have  been  accomplished 
by  our  State  Militia  within  the  preceding  two  years. 

During  that  period  of  time  Kentucky,  where  it  borders  on  the 
Ohio  river,  was  infested  with  guerrillas  and  robbers,  who  have  repeat 
edly  collected  in  such  numbers  as  to  seriously  threaten  our  border 
with  invasion.  In  the  early  part  of  the  preceding  year  they  had 
become  so  numerous  in  Union  and  Henderson  counties,  Kentucky, 
that  it  required  a  constant  and  regular  system  of  patrols  and  senti 
nels  to  protect  the  counties  of  Posey  and  Vanderburg  against  inva 
sion.  In  Harrison  county,  Ilines,  and  his  band  of  guerrillas,  were 
more  successful;  they  effected  a  landing,  and  entered  our  State,  but 
they  were  immediately  expelled  by  our  militia. 

Soon  after,  and  in  the  same  locality,  the  rebel  General  Morgan, 
invaded  our  territory  with  about  five  thousand  men  and  five  pieces  of 
artillery,  and  made  his  exit  on  our  eastern  boundary  into  Ohio.  It 
was,  however,  in  consequence  of  an  accidental  and  erroneous  report, 
that  Morgan  was  not  prevented  by  our  militia  from  entering  the 
State;  and  for  his  escape,  after  having  entered  the  State,  he  was 
indebted  to  an  accidental  mismanagement  in  the  railroad  transporta 
tion  of  our  troops.  He  made  his  appearance  in  Brandenburg,  Ken 
tucky,  on  the  7th  of  July,  1863,  and  took  possession  of  the  steamers 
McComb  and  Alice  Dean.  The  steamer  Lady  Pike  brought  intelli 
gence  of  this  to  Leavenworth,  and  immediately  after  conveyed  thirty 
men  and  one  cannon  of  the  Crawford  Artillery,  Capt.  G.  W.  Lyon 
commanding,  to  Maukport.  The  cannon  was  then  drawn  by  the  men 
a  considerable  distance  to  a  point  opposite  to  Bradenburg,  where 
Col.  Timberlake  was  in  command  of  some  Harrison  County  Home 
Guards.  On  the  next  day,  at  7  A.  M.,  they  fired  their  piece  with 


MORGAN   RAID.  3 

true  aim  at  the  steamer  McComb,  crowded  with  Morgan's  men. 
The  first  shot  scattered  the  invaders  in  wild  confusion,  and  both  of 
the  transports  might  then  have  been  easily  destroyed  by  our  cannon. 
But  unfortunately,  our  men  had  been  informed  that  Morgan  had  less 
than  two  hundred  men,  and  no  artillery.  They  desired,  therefore,  to 
save  the  boats,  which  had  been  cleared  of  rebels,  and  ceased  firing 
at  them.  Soon  after,  Morgan's  artillery  exposed  our  mistake,  and 
our  gun  was  silenced  and  the  crossing  accomplished. 

The  news  of  this  event  reached  your  Excellency  late  in  the  eve 
ning  of  the  same  day.  You  went  to  work  at  once,  and  with  your 
usual  energy  and  dispatch  you  aroused  the  citizens  of  Indiana  to 
instant  action.  Within  two  days  you  received  offers  for  defending 
the  State  from  three  score  thousand  men,  and  before  the  third  day 
expired  you  had  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  thousand  men,  armed 
and  organized,  in  pursuit  of  Morgan. 

On  the  8th,  late  at  night,  you  ordered  me  to  proceed  to  New  Albany, 
and  to  call  out  the  militia  along  the  line  of  my  travel.  Arriving  at 
New  Albany  on  the  next  day,  I  found  Gen.  Hughes  in  command  of 
that  post.  He  had  already  organized  a  considerable  force,  which  he 
had  skillfully  disposed  for  the  protection  of  New  Albany.  We  there 
received  news  of  the  bold  resistance  to  the  invader,  made  by  a  small 
band  of  Militia  in  Harrison  county,  who  had  to  be  overpowered  by 
the  enemy's  artillery  before  he  could  occupy  the  town  of  Corydon. 

On  the  10th,  at  2  A,  M.,  the  news  arrived  of  Morgan's  approach 
to  Salem,  whereupon  I  sent  you  the  following  dispatch,  dated  New 
Albany,  10th  of  July,  which  you  had  immediately  forwarded  to  Madi 
son: 

"  Rebels  at  Salem! — They  may  aim  for  Vienna,  Madison,  and  Trim 
ble  county,  Kentucky.  Let  boats  have  steam  up  and  be  guarded." 

Your  Excellency,  however,  had  anticipated  my  plan  of  preventing 
Morgan  from  recrossing  the  Ohio  ;  you  had  already  sent,  on  the  same 
day,  the  following  dispatch  to  General  Burnside,  at  Cincinnati : 

"'It  is  not  unlikely  that  Morgan  will  go  out  above  Louisville.  I 
am  informed  that  there  is  a  lot  of  spare  artillery  at  Louisville.  Would 
it  not  be  well  to  mount  it  on  boats,  and  patrol  the  river  between  Louis 
ville  and  Lawrenceburg  ?  He  should  not  be  allowed  to  escape.  I 
will  have  15,000  militia  here  to-day." 

Morgan  took  the  route  you  had  conjectured.  He  approached  within 
a  few  miles  of  Madison,  but  had  to  seek  for  a  passage  elsewhere;  and 
wherever  his  scouts  approached  the  river,  they  found  it  guarded  by 
gunboats,  which  escorted  him  on  his  line  of  march. 


4  MORGAN   RAID. 

When  Morgan  arrived  at  Vernon,  and  demanded  the  surrender  of 
that  town,  he  way  handsomely  bluffed  off  by  Colonel  Williams,  who 
held  that  place  with  two  companies  of  the  Legion,  from  Ohio  county, 
and  some  troops  from  Jennings  county.  Soon  after  General  Love 
arrived,  took  command,  and  with  a  force  of  about  one  thousand  men, 
bid  defiance  to  Morgan  and  his  whole  command.  Morgan  decamped. 
By  this  time  General  Wallace  arrived  at  Vernon  with  a  heavy  force 
of  troops. 

On  the  13th  of  July,  Morgan  had  made  his  way  to  Versailles,  in 
Ripley  county,  whilst  the  forces  which  you  had  sent  under  different 
commanders  in  pursuit  of  him,  had  accumulated  to  an  overwhelming 
force,  but  chiefly  of  infantry.  And  here  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  an 
accidental  delay  in  transporting  these  troops  to  points  where  they 
might  head  the  enemy,  and  compel  him  to  give  battle,  should  have 
enabled  Morgan  to  have  escaped  into  the  State  of  Ohio.  But  even 
as  it  is,  it  will  often  be  a  source  of  gratification  to  contemplate  the 
patriotism  and  the  martial  spirit  which  was  exhibited  on  that  occasion 
by  the  .citizens  of  Indiana.  The  conduct  of  the  officers  and  men  was 
so  praiseworthy  that  I  will  abstain  from  naming  any  one  individually, 
knowing  that  the  great  mass  of  all  who  were  engaged  deserve  the 
same  commendation. 

For  a  detailed  account  of  these  reports  I  refer  you  to  the  able 
reports  of  Major  General  Love,  Brigadier  General  Downey,  Colonel 
Mann,  Colonel  Williams,  Colonel  Keeney,  Colonel  Platter,  Colonel 
Shuler,  Colonel  Fournier,  Colonel  Sering,  Lieut.  Colonel  McCurdy, 
Captain  J.  W.  Lyon,  and  others,  annexed  to  this  report. 

The  present  year,  also,  has  not  been  free  from  danger  to  our  border. 
During  the  month  of  March  the  rebel  General  Forrest  had  occupied 
Paducah,  from  which  point  he  moved  across  the  Tennessee  and 
Cumberland  rivers,  making  it  necessary  to  have  our  southern  frontier 
guarded  by  pickets  and  patrols.  The  same  danger  existed  during  the 
month  of  July,  when  the  rebel  Generals  Johnson  and  Seipert  occu 
pied  Union  and  Henderson  counties,  Kentucky. 

And  again  in  August,  guerrillas  collected  to  the  number  of  from 
one  to  two  thousand  men  in  the  same  locality  of  Kentucky,  with  the 
avowed  intention  of  destroying  some  of  the  river  towns  of  Indiana. 
It  was  on  this  occasion  that  seven  hundred  and  fifty  men  of  the  Indi 
ana  Legion,  with  five  pieces  of  artillery,  and  accompanied  by  four 
hundred  United  States  Volunteers,  entered  the  State  of  Kentucky, 
under  the  command  of  Major  Generals  Hovey  and  Hughes.  They 
advanced  to  Morganfield,  surprised  and  scattered  the  rebels,  took 


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some  prisoners,  and  returned  in  safety  to  their  homes.  For  particu 
lars,  I  refer  you  to  the  lucid  and  concise  report  of  General  Hovey  to 
Adjutant  General  Thomas,  U.  S.  A. 

The  latest  disturbance  from  guerrillas  took  place  some  two  weeks 
ago,  in  the  vicinity  of  Madison.  A  gang  of  outlaws,  supposed  to 
belong  to  Jesse's  men,  had  at  different  times  and  places  fired  on  four 
of  the  boats  running  between  Louisville  and  Cincinnati.  They  were 
about  fifteen  in  number,  but  they  never  remained  long  enough  in  any 
one  place  to  be  easily  found  and  caught  by  our  troops.  To  save  the 
State  the  expense  of  sending  troops  alter  these  fellows,  I  consented 
to  supply  one  of  the  packet  boats  with  some  muskets  and  ammuni 
tion.  I  have  also  taken  the  responsibility  to  direct  Colonel  Bering  to 
similarly  supply  any  other  of  the  mail  and  packet  boats  who  may 
desire  it,  on  receiving  a  proper  voucher  and  bond  for  the  return  of 
the  arms.  No  firing  on  boats  has  occurred  since  that  time,  but  there 
is  no  doubt  that  constant  vigilance  will  be  necessary  on  our  part 

The  other  function  of  our  military,  the  preservation  of  peace  within 
the  State,  has  also  been  performed  with  success  and  propriety.  And 
I  will  here  express  my  humble  approbation  of  the  course  pursued  by 
General  Willcox  and  by  Colonel  Baker — the  one  Military  Commander 
of,  and  the  other  Assistant  Provost  Marshal  General  for,  Indiana. 
They  acted  under  the  conviction  that,  even  in  time  of  war  and  vio 
lence,  the  authority  of  the  State  should  have  full  sway  whenever  its 
power  suffices  to  preserve  order  and  peace.  Both  of  these  gentle 
men  made  it  their  rule  to  consult  and  co-operate  with  your  Excel 
lency  ;  and  in  cases  where  the  execution  of  the  law  required  the 
employment  of  the  military  forces  under  their  command,  they  would 
tender  me,  as  an  officer  of  the  State,  the  general  management  of  their 
troops. 

Of  the  disturbances  which  took  place  in  the  year  1863,  and  in 
which  I  was  called  upon  to  act,  the  first  one  occurred  at  Enterprise, 
in  Switzerland  county,  in  consequence  of  some  guns  which  had  been 
stolen  from  a  company  of  the  Legion  commanded  by  Captain  Hall. 
This  was  during  the  month  of  May.  In  June  a  riot  and  bloodshed 
took  place  at  Williamsport,  Warren  county,  between  furloughed  sol 
diers  and  citizens  of  that  county.  During  that  same  month  resistance 
was  made  to  the  enrolling  officer  in  Union  Township  of  Bartholomew 
county.  In  Rush  county  an  enrolling  officer  and  his  aid  were  mur 
dered  in  cold  blood ;  in  Putnam  county  a  simultaneous  attack  was 
made  on  the  enrolling  officers  of  that  county ;  and  a  similar  act  wag 
perpetrated  in  the  county  of  Monroe. 


0  MORGAN    RAID. 

During  the  month  of  July  large  bodies  of  men  assembled  in  Greene 
and  Sullivan  counties,  threatening  resistance  to  the  draft.  An  enrol 
ling  officer  was  killed  in  the  latter  county.  There  was  also  danger  of 
a  serious  riot  at  Edinburg,  Johnson  county,  in  consequence  of  some 
rou^h  treatment  given  to  a  fellow  who  had  ornamented  himself  with 
butternuts. 

In  the  present  year  a  riot  occurred  in  Parke  county  during  the 
month  of  April.  A  set  of  outlaws,  twenty-five  in  number,  came  from 
Fountain  county  to  Parke  for  the  purpose  of  driving  off  the  Union 
raen.  They  attacked  in  the  night  time  the  house  of  an  old  citizen, 
Mr.  Lay,  and  wounded  him  severely  with  pistol  shots.  The  old  man, 
however,  succeeded,  with  the  aid  of  his  corn-knife,  in  defending  his 
house.  On  their  retreat  one  of  the  outlaws  shot  himself  accidentally, 
and  died  the  next  day.  They  were  immediately  pursued  by  Colonel 
Budd,  of  the  Indiana  Legion,  and  Captain  Buchanan,  of  the  Wave- 
land  Zouaves,  who  followed  them  into  Fountain  county,  arrested 
them,  and  delivered  them  to  the  civil  authorities  of  Parke  county. 

A  serious  difficulty,  and  a  conspiracy  to  resist  the  draft  and  import 
guerrillas  to  vote  at  the  State  election,  took  place  during  last  Sep 
t-ember  in  the  counties  of  Crawford  and  Orange.  It  was,  neverthe 
less,  speedily  suppressed  through  the  judicious  and  vigorous  conduct 
of  Brigadier  General  Henry  Jordan,  of  the  Indiana  Legion.  For  the 
details  of  this  transaction  I  refer  you  to  the  excellent  report  of  Gen 
eral  Jordan,  to  the  statement  of  confessions  made  by  the  prisoners, 
and  to  the  report  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Cavins,  of  General  Hughes' 
staff. 

The  latest  occurrence  which  called  for  services  of  the  Legion  hap 
pened  some  two  weeks  ago  in  Greene  county.  General  Pitcher, 
Assistant  Provost  Marshal  General,  had  sent  some  troops  to  Greene 
county  for  the  purpose  of  arresting  deserters  and  outlaws,  who  were 
concealed  in  that  county.  These  troops  proved  inadequate  to  their 
task  for  the  want  of  horses,  and  a  report  being  received  that  some  two 
or  three  hundred  disaffected  citizens  had  congregated  on  the  line  of 
Sullivan  county  to  protect  the  deserters,  it  was,  therefore,  thought 
proper  to  call  out  two  mounted  companies  of  the  Legion  from  Monroe 
county.  These  two  companies  served  for  a  short  time  only,  but  they 
behaved,  officers  and  men,  with  great  propriety,  and  the*y  have  ren 
dered  valuable  services. 

In  regard  to  the  present  condition  of  the  Legion,  I  will  state  that 
we  have  an  extensive  supply  of  arms  for  infantry,  but  that  we  are 
deficient  in  arms  and  equipments  for  cavalry.  It  would  also  be 


MORGAN   RAID. 

desirable  to  exchange  some  of  our  heavy  ordnance  for  lighter  pieces 
of  artillery. 

The  numerical  strength  of  the  Legion  has  been  reduced  by  the  late 
calls  for  volunteers,  and  by  the  effects  of  the  draft.  And  here  I  beg 
leave  to  remark  that  an  alteration  in  the  present  militia  law  might 
greatly  facilitate  the  filling  up  of  the  ranks  of  the  Legion.  The 
Indiana  Legion  is  an  organization  of  volunteers  ;  yet,  under  our  law, 
volunteering  is,  in  a  measure,  discouraged  by  imposing  all  the  labor 
and  expenses  on  the  volunteer,  whilst  no  sacrifice  or  expenditure  is 
demanded  from  those  who  withhold  their  service  from  the  State. 

In  fact,  the  experience  derived  from  the  practical  operation  of  that 
law,  makes  it  desirable  that  our  Legislature  should  perfect  the  law  by 
proper  amendments.  It  is,  however,  the  more  creditable  to  the  citi 
zens  of  Indiana  that,  notwithstanding  these  impediments,  they  should 
have  sustained,  and  are  still  sustaining,  a  well  disciplined  and  effective 
militia.  It  is  an  evidence  of  the  intelligence  and  patriotism  of  our 
people,  and  it  proves  ^that  the  great  majority  are  willing  to  make  any 
sacrifice  to  defend  our  border,  and  to  sustain  the  laws  of  the  State, 

A  considerable  part  of  our  Legion  have  undergone,  within  the  last 
two  years,  severe  hardships,  and  many  of  them  have  suffered  in  a 
pecuniary  point  of  view  by  having  been  called  away  suddenly  from 
their  daily  occupations.  They  obeyed  the  summons  with  alacrity  and 
cheerfulness,  and  I  take  pleasure  in  assuring  your  Excellency  that  in 
time  of  need  you  may  safely  rely  on  the  efficiency  of  the  Indiana 
Legion. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  L.  MANSFIELD, 
Major  General  Indiana  Legion, 


MORGAN    RAID. 


ADDRESS  OF  GOVERNOR  MORTON. 


To  the  Officers  and  Soldiers  of  the  "  Legion  "  and  "Minute  Men  "  of 
Indiana  : 

Having  received  information  that  a  rebel  force,  estimated  at  six 
thousand  strong,  with  six  pieces  of  artillery,  had  crossed  the  Ohio 
river  into  Harrison  county,  I  issued  a  call  on  Thursday  last,  to  the 
patriotic  citizens  of  the  State  to  leave  their  various  occupations  and 
turn  out  for  its  defense,  and,  if  possible,  capture  the  insolent  inva 
ders.  The  evidence  was  abundant  that  the  original  purpose  of  the 
rebels  was  to  seize,  plunder  and  burn  the  capital,  but  as  their  course 
would  be  uncertain,  it  was  necessary  to  make  preparations  to  encoun 
ter  them  in  every  direction.  Within  forty-eight  hours  from  the  time 
the  call  was  issued,  not  less  than  sixty-five  thousand  men  had  ten 
dered  their  services  and  were  on  their  way  to  places  of  rendezvous, 
while  many  thousands  more  were  preparing,  but  were  notified  to 
remain  at  home.  Within  three  days,  thirty  thousand  men,  fully 
armed  and  organized,  had  taken  the  field  at  various  points  to  meet 
the  enemy. 

This  wonderful  uprising  will  exert  a  marked  effect  throughout  the 
country,  exhibiting,  as  it  does,  in  the  strongest  and  most  favorable 
light,  the  military  spirit  and  patriotism  of  our  people. 

At  the  first  landing  on  our  soil,  the  rebel  advance  was  met  and 
fought  by  the  neighboring  u  Legion,"  and,  although  our  forces  were 
few  in  number,  and  were  driven  back,  they  gave  the  rebels  a  clear 
foretaste  of  what  they  might  expect  when  they  penetrated  the  inte 
rior  of  the  State.  Within  ten  hours  after  they  entered  our  borders, 
their  invasion  was  converted  into  a  rapid  and  desperate  flight.  In 
whatever  direction  they  turned  they  were  confronted  by  large  bodies 
of  armed  men.  Wherever  they  approached  the  river,  with  the  view 


MORGAN   RAID. 

to  crossing,  they  found  large  bodies  of  troops  prepared  to  dispute 
their  passage.  In  half  a  dozen  cases  they  were  offered  battle,  which 
they  invariably  declined.  They  dodged  and  ran,  by  night  and  by  day, 
and  finally  succeeded  in  making  their  escape  over  our  eastern  border 
into  Ohio. 

They  are  reported  to  have  murdered  several  of  our  citizens  in  cold 
blood,  to  have  plundered  many  of  their  horses,  money  and  goods, 
and  to  have  burned  and  otherwise  destroyed  much  valuable  property. 
The  injury  done  the  railroads  was  slight,  and  has  been  almost  entirely 
repaired.  They  had  but  little  time  to  do  damage  beyond  the  murder 
and  plunder  of  surprised  and  defenceless  citizens  along  the  line  of 
their  flight. 

For  the  alacrity  with  which  you  responded  to  my  call  and  left 
your  harvest  fields,  your  work-  shops  and  offices,  and  took  up,  arms  to 
protect  your  State  and  punish  the  invaders,  allow  me,  on  behalf  of 
the  State,  to  tender  my  hearty  thanks.  Your  example  will  not  be 
lost  upon  the  nation,  and  you  have  taught  the  rebels  a  lesson  which 
will  not  be  forgotten. 

In  the  light  of  these  events,  it  is  impossible  not  to  perceive  the 
importance  of  a  thorough  organization  of  the  Legion.  The  presence 
of  an  organized  force  ready  to  take  the  field  at  a  moment's  notice  is 
a  standing  security  against  invasion  and  depredation,  and  I  am  very 
anxious  that  so  far  as  it  is  possible,  the  temporary  organization  of 
the  "  Minute  Men'"'  may  be  converted  into  permanent  ones  under  the 
law ;  and  that  exertions  will  everywhere  be  made  to  recruit  the  ranks 
of  the  Legion  and  perfect  its  drill  and  efficiency. 

Given  at  the  Executive  Department,  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  this 
15th  day  of  July,  1863. 

OLIVER  P.  MORTON, 
Governor  and  Com mander-in-  Chief, 


I 
10  MORGAN    RAID. 


REPORT  OP  MAJOR  GENERAL  LEW.  WALLACE. 


CRAWFORDSVILLE,  IND.,  August  16,  1863. 
Adj.  Gen.  Laz.  Noble: 

According  to  request,  I  send  you  the  following  report.  I  reported 
myself  to  Gov.  Morton  on  the  morning  of  the  llth  of  July,  and,  at 
his  request,  took  command  of  a  detachment  of  the  Legion,  for  ope 
rations  against  John  Morgan,  who  was  then  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Vernon,  in  this  State. 

It  appears  Gen.  Carrington  had  reported  to  Gen.  Willcox  that,  as 
early  as  8  o'clock,  A.  M.,  a  body  of  troops,  twenty-two  or  twenty- 
five  hundred  strong,  was  ready  to  march.  I  waited  for  them  at  the 
depot  of  the  Madison  and  Indianapolis  Railroad,  intending  to  put 
them  on  the  cars,  and  proceed  immediately  to  Vernon. 

About  10,  A.  M.,  Colonel  Shuler  reported  his  regiment.  Upon 
inquiry,  I  found  he  had  no  ammunition.  Shortly  after,  Col.  Gregory 
reported  his  command.  It,  also,  was  without  ammunition;  in  addi 
tion,  it  was  without  rations.  The  united  strength  of  the  two  was 
about  thirteen  hundred  effective,  and  they  were  all  that  reported 
to  me. 

I  was  compelled  to  wait  for  ammunition  until  about  four  o'clock 
Receiving  a  limited  supply,  a  start  was  then  made  for  Yernon.     At 
Columbus  I  was   officially  informed,  from   headquarters  at  Indian 
apolis,  that  a  demand  had  been  made  on  Gen.  Love,  at  Vernon,  for 
surrender — that  he  had  refused,  but  waited  reinforcements. 

Dispatches  from  Old  Vernon  also  informed  me  that  Love  was  sur 
rounded  by  Morgan's  whole  force,  about  6000  strong,  with  six  guns. 

About  the  same  time  I  was  notified  that  the  15th  Indiana  Battery 


MORGAN    RAID. 


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had  left  Indianapolis  to  report  to  me.  Assurance  of  the  enemy's 
presence  in  force,  at  Vernon,  made  it  my  duty  to  await  the  Battery 
at  Columbus.  Meantime,  every  preparation  was  made  for  a  fight. 
There  was  reason  to  believe  that  Morgan,  if  he  was  seriously  demon 
strating  against  Vernon,  would  attempt  to  prevent  me  from  rein 
forcing  Love.  It  became  necessary,  therefore,  to  anticipate,  as  far 
as  possible,  every  contingency,  and  provide  against  them  beforehand. 
If  attacked  at  all,  it  would  be  while  my  command  was  in  the  cars. 
All  my  preparations  and  orders  were  ^omptly  executed,  except  by 
the  Captain  of  the  Battery.  He  was  ordered  to  keep  his  horses  har 
nessed,  but  he  failed  to  do  so,  and,  as  a  consequence,  the  little  col 
umn  had  to  wait  for  him  and  his  battery  at  North  Vernon  until  after 
day-light  before  it  could  move.  About  six  o'clock  the  column  started 
for  Old  Vernon,  where  we  arrived  only  to  be  informed  that  Morgan 
had  decamped. 

This  movement  satisfied  me  of  what  I  felt  assured  before,  viz.,  that 
Morgan  would  not  fight,  if  he  could  help  it ;  also,  that  as  against  his 
mounted  men  infantry  could  accomplish  nothing  more  than  the  de 
fense  of  towns  and  railroad  bridges.  At  Vernon  Gen.  Love  turned 
the  command  over  to  me.  That  officer  and  his  subordinates  are  really 
entitled  to  just  credit.  Besides  firmly  rejecting  the  demand  for  sur 
render,  he  made  the  best  possible  disposition  of  his  little  force  to 
defend  the  town,  and,  like  his  men,  was  willing  and  ready  to  fight. 
[  subjoin  an  informal  report  which  I  had  made  of  the  two  commands 
united  at  Vernon. 

To  pursue  Morgan  on  foot  was  folly.  From  Vernon  I  was  at  first 
disposed  to  march  immediately  to  Madison,  but  concluded  to  wait 
until  it  was  definitely  ascertained  where  the  enemy  was  going.  It 
soon  appeared  that  he  was  heading  east.  I  then  suggested  throwing 
a  force  down  the  Lawrenceburgh  railroad,  and  telegraphed  for  per 
mission  to  move  my  command  to  Osgood. 

I  telegraphed  to  Lawrenceburgh,  asking  citizens  to  collect  wagons 
and  meet  me  at  a  designated  point  in  my  advance.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  that  if  this  plan  could  have  been  carried  out,  I  could  have  over 
taken  Morgan  somewhere  about  the  State  line.  He  was  at  that  time 
not  more  than  twenty-five  miles  ahead  of  us,  and  moving  slowly. 

With  the  wagons  I  could  have  made  a  forced  march  of  sixty  miles. 

Unfortunately,  the  confusion  in  Dearborn  county,  consequent  upon 

the  enemy's  presence,  was  so  great  as  to  make  it  next  to  impossible 

to  procure  a  sufficiency  of  the  required  transportation. 

On  the  14th  I  marched  to   Sunman's  station,  on  the  Indianapolis 


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MORGAN    RAID. 


and  Lawrenceburgh  Railroad,  a  few  miles  beyond  Milan,  joining 
Gen.  Hughes.  His  command,  added  to  mine*,  made  a  force  of  about 
fifty-five  hundred  strong,  amply  sufficient  to  have  flogged  the  enemy 
in  an  open  field  fight.  While  at  Vernon  I  issued  an  order  for  the 
.collection,  by  impressment,  of  all  the  horses  within  three  miles  of 
the  place. 

So  industriously  did  Col.  Shuler,  to  whom  the  business  was  entrusted, 
work,  that  by  three  o'clock  he  had  one  hundred  and  sixty  horses. 
These  were  mounted  by  det^from  his  regiment  and  Col.  Gregory's. 
The  command  of  the  detachment  was  given  Col.  Shuler,  and  he  at 
once  started  in  pursuit,  with  orders  to  follow  Morgan  vigorously, 
never  leaving  his  trail  while  in  Indiana. 

The  Colonel,  I  am  glad  to  say,  outstripped  Gen.  Hobson's  cavalry, 
and  overtook  the  enemy  at  Harrison,  where  he  reports  having  had 
quite  a  skirmish.  It  is  very  much  to  be  regretted  that  the  Legion 
consists  so  entirely  of  infantry.  Two  or  three  regiments  of  cavalry 
would  have  stopped  Morgan  before  he  passed  into  Ohio.  I  respect 
fully  suggest  attention  to  the  organization  of  that  arm  of  the  ser 
vice.  In  conclusion,  I  have  no  doubt  the  men  under  my  command 
would  have  acquitted  themselves  handsomely  in  fight,  if  opportunity 
had  offered.  Their  conduct  under  arms  was  in  every  way  creditable. 
Very  respectfully, 

Your  friend  and  servant, 

LEW.  WALLACE, 
Maj.  Gen.  Volunteers, 


MORGAN    RAID. 


REPORT  OF  LIEUT.  W.  H.  SMITH,  R.  Q.  M.  &  A.  A.  C.  S. 

MAJOR   GENERAL    WALLACE'S   DIVISION. 


PROPERTY  IMPRESSED. 

INDIANAPOLIS,  July  28,  1863. 

GENERAL : 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  statement  of  property 
impressed  by  order  of  Major  General  Lew.  Wallace  for  the  use  of 
the  United  States  forces  under  his  command  during  the  late  Morgan 
expedition,  and  for  which  receipts  were  given  by  W.  H.  Smith,  First 
Lieutenant  and  Regimental  Quartei master  of  the  103d  Regiment 
Indiana  Militia,  and  A.  A.  C.  S.  General  Wallace's  Division  : 

+ 
Taken  at  gunman,  Indiana. 

Date.             Name.                          Article  Nett  Weight. 

July  15... Jane  Stewart  ...Two  head  of  cattle... .1000  pounds. 

...H.  Ripka One  600     i; 

...J.  Stagner Two  400     " 

...Michael  Abplanalp...Two  400     " 

...C.Anderson- Three  ....'.....  819     "    * 

"        ...A.  Lawrence Two  640     " 

...Sam.  J.  Alden Two  1000     « 

"   16... James  Yannus One  "  450     " 

...F.  Whitehead  Two  650     " 

...H.  Neiman. Two  bushels  of  salt. 


14  MORGAN    KAID. 

I 

Taken  at  Columbus,  Indiana,  July  11,  1863. 

Jacob  Fortner,  1       grey  horse,  16  hands  high. 

W.  P.  Jones,      1  iron  "         "     15 

Henry  Wykoff,  1  grey  "     15 

Sam'l  Hege,       2  bay      horses,  16  each. 

"  1  saddle,  2  bridles  an$  1  halter. 

B.  B.  Jones,     1  black  horse,  17  hands  high. 
«  1  bay         "16         " 

"  1     "  i4      15  hands  and  3  inches  high. 

u  1     "     mare,    15    hands  high. 

"  1  grey  horse,  14£  " 

"  5  bridles. 

Also,  no  name  given ,  1  bay  mare,  saddle  and  bridle ;  no  receipt 
given,  no  owner  being  found. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

W.  H.  SMITH, 
1st.  Lieut.,  R.  Q.  M.  103d  Regt., 
and  A.  A,  C.  S.  Gen.  Wallace's  Di-o. 

To  GEN'L  LAZ.  NOBLE, 

Adjutant  General  Indiana . 


MEMORANDUM  OF  PROPERTY  RECEIPTED  FOR  BY  W.  H.  SMITH,  1ST  LIEU 
TENANT  AND  A.  A.  Q.  M.,  GEN.  WALLACE'S  DIVISION,  INDIANA  MILITIA. 
MORGAN  RAID. 

At  Columbus,  Ind. 

July  11 — E.  Nichols,  1  roan  mare,  1  bridle  and  1  saddle. 
July  11 — John  Young,  2  bay  horses.  3  saddles  and  2  bridles. 
July  11 — S.  McDermot,  3  saddles  and  4  bridles. 

W.  H.  SMITH, 
1st  Lieut.  R.  Q.  M.  103d  Reg't, 
and  A.  A.  Q.  M.  Gen.   Wallace's  Div. 
Militia,  Morgan  Raid. 


MORGAN    RAID. 


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REPORT  OF  GENERAL  JOHN  LOVE. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  July  20,  1863, 

His  EXCELLENCY,  0.  P.  MORTON, 

Governor  of  Indiana ; 

gIR : — By  appointment  as  your  Aid-de-Camp  to  visit  New  Albany, 
on  the  receipt  of  news  here  that  Morgan  was  in  the  vicinity  of  Cory- 
don,  and  to  advise  you  of  the  condition  of  affairs  there,  I  left  this  city, 
on  tho  9th  inst.,  at  4  o'clock  P.  M.;  reached  Jeffersonville  at  10,  and 
New  Albany  at' 11  P.  M.,  where  I  found  General  James  Hughes  in 
command.  General  Hughes  had  made  the  best  disposition  possible 
of  the  forces  under  him. 

About  two  o'clock  A.  M.  of  the  10th,  we  learned  that  Morgan  did 
not  intend  an  attack  on  New  Albany,  but  was  marching  towards 
Salem.  General  Hughes  being  relieved  from  the  command  about 
this  time,  with  his  Staff,  we  took  the  early  Jeffersonville  train  for 
Seymour,  arriving  at  10  A.  M.  General  Hughes  joined  the  troops 
ho  had  organized  and  stationed  at  Mitchell. 

I  remained  at  Seymour  to  organize  Minute  Men,  and  make  the 
necessary  disposition  to  meet  Morgan,  should  he  advance  on  Sey* 
mour,  as  then  appeared  quite  probable.  There  were  at  Seymour  two 
regiments  of  United  States  volunteers.  To  enable  me  to  command 
all  the  forces,  General  Willcox  appointed  me  Acting  Brigadier  Gen 
eral.  The  town  of  Seymour  was  filled  with  men  from  the  neighbor 
hood.  These  men  were  speedily  organized,  sworn  into  the  State 
service  for  the  emergency,  and  armed  and  equipped,  to  tho  number 
of  three  hundred.  Mounted  men,  armed  with  their  own  rifles  and 


16  MORGAN  RAID. 

shot-guns,  were  patrolling  the  country,  and  giving  me  information  of 
the  enemy's  whereabouts. 

For  several  hours  after  certain  information  that  Morgan  had  taken 
Salem,  it  was  impossible  to  learn  what  course  he  would  next  take. 
If  his  object  was  to  damage  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railroad,  then 
Mitchell  would  be  the  next  place ;  if  to  march  on  Indianapolis,  as 
many  supposed,  then  his  route  would  be  towards  Seymour  from  Salem. 
At  2  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  llth,  an  engineer  on  the  Jefferson- 
ville  Railroad  arrived  at  Seymour,  and  reported  that  Morgan  with 
his  entire  force  was  passing  through  Vienna  at  6  o'clock  the  evening 
before. 

Independent  scouts,  who  left  the  vicinity  of  Salem  at  6  o'clock  the 
evening  before,  reported  Morgan's  whole  force  marching  towards 
Vienna.  This  information,  confirmed  by  two  different  and  reliable 
sources,  satisfied  me,  and  I  so  reported  to  your  excellency,  and  to 
General  Wilcox.  It  was  the  more  satisfactory  to  get  such  reliable 
information  at  this  time,  as  all  sorts  of  reports  were  in  circulation  ; 
amongst  others,  that  Morgan  had  actually  taken  Orleans,  and  was 
marching  on  Mitchell.  About  3  o'clock  P.  M.  on  the  llth  I 
received  an  order  from  General  Willcox  to  proceed  with  my  command 
to  Vernon. 

Taking  all  the  transportation  at  Seymour,  we  started  for  Vernon 
at  3|-  o'clock,  with  the  Michigan  Sharp-shooters,  under  Colonel  De 
Land,  and  a  battalion  under  Lieutenant  Colonel  Frank  Hays,  com 
posed  of  a  portion  of  the  63d  Indiana,  and  detachments  of  exchanged 
men. 

I  turned  over  the  post  of  Seymour  to  Captain  M.  W.  Shields,  of 
Jackson,  who  had  been  active  in  arousing  the  neighborhood  to  arms, 
and  who  placed  himself  at  the  head  of  the  mounted  men,  and  ren 
dered  invaluable  service.  We  reached  North  Vernon  at  about  4| 
o'clock  P.  M.,  where  the  wildest  excitement  prevailed.  Rumors 
were  current  that  Morgan  had  three  times  demanded  the  surrender 
of  Vernon,  and  was  then  within  one  mile  of  the  town.  At  North 
Vernon,  I  found  Colonel  Burkhanr,  with  part  of  his  Regiment,  from 
Dearborn  county,  and  ordered  him  to  Vernon  by  the  line  of  the  rail 
road.  In  ten  minutes,  our  column  was  on  the  old  road  to  Vernon,  a 
distance  of  two  miles.  By  rapid  marching,  much  of  the  time  in 
double-quick,  although  the  day  was  intensely  hot,  we  reached  Ver 
non  at  about  5  o'clock,  our  men  in.  the  best  of  spirits.  When  the 
head  of  the  column  reached  Vernon,  I  received  a  message  from  Col. 
Williams,  of  Ohio  county,  then  in  command,  to  hasten  in  person  to 


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the  front.  Here  I  found  Col.  Williams  with  an  Aid  of  Morgan's, 
who  was  within  our  lines  with  a  flag  of  truce,  to  demand,  for  the 
second  time,  the  surrender  of  the  town.  I  directed  the  Aid  to  say 
to  Gen.  Morgan  that  I  had  a  sufficient  force  for  my  purpose,  that  the 
country  was  swarming  with  armed  men,  that  it  would  be  impossible 
for  him  to  escape,  and  that  if  he  would  surrender  to  me,  I  would 
treat  him  as  a  prisoner  of  war. 

Having  but  1,000  men,  and  assured  that  Morgan's  whole  force 
was  around  the  town,  I  sent  to  Morgan  to  ask  two  hours  to  remove 
the  women  and  children  before  he  commenced  the  attack.  He 
replied,  he  would  give  but  fifteen  minutes.  It  was  now  nearly  dark ; 
the  women  and  children  were  hurried  out  of  the  town,  and  disposi 
tion  made  to  defend  to  the  last.  Arriving  so  late  in  the  day,  and  a 
stranger  to  the  country,  and  unacquainted  with  the  roads,  to  and 
from  the  town,  it  was  impossible  to  make  such  arrangements  as  I 
would  otherwise  have  done.  From  reports  brought  me,  and  the 
firing  in  the  rear  towards  North  Vernon,  I  supposed  Morgan  intended 
to  march  round  the  town,  take  North  Vernon,  and  so  cut  us  off.  The 
firing  turned  out  to  be  a  skirmish  between  some  of  our  men  and  a 
detachment  of  Morgan's  men,  sent  to  damage  the  0.  &  M.  R.  R.  track 
to  the  west  of  North  Vernon.  Morgan's  detachment  reached  the 
0.  &  M.  R.  R.,  but  did  no  damage  beyond  such  as  was  repaired  in 
two  hours.  Having  only  about  forty  mounted  men,  it  was  impossi 
ble  to  get  information  of  the  movements  of  the  enemy,  our  mounted 
men  being  employed  as  videttes  to  the  picket  stations,  to  prevent 
surprise.  At  1  o'clock  at  night,  the  Recorder  of  Jennings  County, 
Thos.  Riley,  Esq.,  who  was  taken  prisoner  in  the  morning,  made  his 
way  into  town,  and  gave  me  information  that  Morgan  had  marched 
towards  Dupont.  I  sent  all  the  mounted  men  I  could  raise — about 
twenty — under  Capt.  Boyd,  to  follow  him.  Our  scouts  followed  to 
within  two  miles  of  Dupont,  returning  about  8  o'clock  in  the  morn 
ing,  with  twenty  prisoners,  their  horses,  arms,  and  equipments.  The 
prisoners  were  sent  to  this  city.  The  women  and  children  were  sent 
for  in  time  to  reach  their  homes  at  daylight.  I  am  pleased  to  be  able 
to  report,  that  beyond  the  natural  alarm  occasioned  by  so  unexpected 
and  apparently  great  danger,  no  serious  disaster  occurred  to  the 
women  and  children,  the  night  being  warm  and  cloudy.  On  the 
morning  of  the  12th,  I  joined  my  forces  with  Maj.  Gen.  Wallace, 
who  arrived  at  Vernon  at  9  o'clock. 

Rumors  were  conflicting  all  day  of  the  12th.  He  was  supposed 
to  be  attempting  to  escape  by  Madison.  On  the  13th  we  heard  he 
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MORGAN    RAID, 


was  at  Versailles,  when,  on  the  evening  of  that  day,  we  proceeded 
by  rail  to  Osgood. 

On  the  14th,  Gen.  Wallace  marched  by  land  towards  Sunman,  on 
the  I.  &  C.  R.  R.,  joining  Gen.  Hughes  at  Milan.  Our  entire  force, 
under  Gen.  Wallace,  reached  Sunman  at  6  o'clock  P.  M.  of  the  14th, 
after  a  fatiguing  march  of  eighteen  miles.  Morgan  now  being  far  in 
the  State  of  Ohio,  our  troops  were  brought  to  this  city,  and,  on  the 
17th,  discharged.  It  is  due  to  Col.  Williams  and  his  gallant  regi 
ment  from  Ohio  County,  to  say,  that  with  only  two  hundred  men  of 
his  regiment,  and  the  armed  citizens  of  Jennings  County,  he  refused 
to  surrender  Vernon  to  Morgan's  force  of  forty-five  hundred,  with 
five  pieces  of  artillery.  On  my  arrival  at  Vernon,  I  found  Col. 
Williams  had  made  the  best  disposition  of  the  three  small  field  pieces 
under  his  command,  and  that  he  was  determined  to  hold  out  till 
reinforced. 

The  failure  to  take  Vernon  was  the  first  check  Morgan  had  met 
with  since  entering  our  State,  and,  it  is  believed,  embarrassed  him, 
by  turning  him  back  on  his  route  ten  miles  from  the  course  he  had 
probably  marked  out.  His  plan  was,  no  doubt,  to  take  North  Ver 
non,  and  thus  damage  the  roads  centering  there.  It  is  proper  that  I 
should  mention  that  James  H.  Vawter,  Esq.,  of  Vernon,  and  Col.  James 
H.  Cravens,  of  Ripley,  were  most  active  and  energetic,  ani  rendered 
untiring  service.  No  people  could  have  behaved  better  than  did  the 
citizens  of  Vernon,  and  particularly  would  I  speak  of  the  women 
and  children.  When  they  found  it  was  necessary  for  them  to  leave, 
temporarily,  their  homes,  not  an  exciting  sound  or  act  escaped  them,' 
and  all  moved  out  calmly.  It  should  be  to  us  all  a  source  of  con 
gratulation  at  the  alacrity  and  earnestness  with  which  our  citizens,  to 
a  man,  sprang  to  arms,  and  vied  with  each  other  who  should  be  fore 
most  and  render  the  most  service.  What  Morgan's  plans  may  have 
been,  time  has  not  yet  developed,  but  if  the  most  natural— that  of 
cutting  our  communications— he  signally  failed  in  our  State.  So 
rapidly  was  he  pursued,  that  he  failed  to  break  communication  on 
any  road  for  more  than  twenty-four  hours,  and  many  of  them  not 
more  than  six  hours.  We  pursued  him  to  the  Ohio  line,  and  I  think 
turned  him  over  to  the  care  of  Ohio  in  such  an  exhausted  condition 
that  I  should  not  be  surprised  at  the  report  of  the  rout  and  capture 
of  his  command  being  confirmed.  My  impromptu  staff,  consisting  of 
Maj.  C.  T.  Woolfolk,  Surg.  Thomas  B.  Harvey,  Capts.  J.  L.  Buell, 
H.  A.  N.  Sain,  C.  Durham,  and  Charles  Pool,  were  very  efficient^ 
and  rendered  valuable  assistance.  My  brigade,  as  finally  organized 


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under  Gen.  Wallace,  consisted  of  the  Boone  County  regiment,  under 
Col.  Gregory ;  the  Hendricks  County  regiment,  under  the  immediate 
command  of  Col.  Bennet,  of  the  69th  regiment  Indiana  Volunteers, 
who,  though  on  sick  leave,  and  then  suffering,  volunteered  his  ser 
vices  ;  the  splendid  battery  of  Yon  Sehlen ;  and,  as  before  stated, 
the  Michigan  Sharpshooters ;  and  a  battalion  of  the  63d  regiment 
Indiana,  and  a  detachment  of  exchanged  men.  It  is  with  pleasure  I 
bear  testimony  to  the  zeal  and  earnestness  of  every  officer  and  sol 
dier  of  the  brigade,  and  the  uncomplaining  endurance  of  the  hard 
ships  of  this  brief  but  exciting  expedition.  To  Gen.  0.  B.  Willcox 
the  State  is  under  obligations  for  his  hearty  co-operation  with  the 
State  authorities,  and  his  energy  and  skill  in  the  disposition  of  the 
forces. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Governor, 

Very  Respectfully, 

JOHN  LOVE, 

Act'g  Brig.  Gen, 


REPORT  OF  COLONEL  JOHN  A.  MANN, 

COMMANDING  IST  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  IST  REG'T  IST  BRIGADE,  INDIANA  LEGION,  \ 
Mount  Vernon,  Ind.,  Dec.  10th,  1860.      / 

To  Major  General  John  L.  Mansfield,  Indiana  Legion  : 

GENERAL: — In  compliance  with  your  request,  dated  November 
27th  ult.,  I  have  the  honor  to  make  the  following  report  of  the  ope 
rations  of  the  First  Regiment,  Indiana  Legion,  since  my  report  to 
Major  General  John  Love,  dated  December  llth,  18G2 : 

During  the  early  part  of  the  year  1863,  we  had  very  frequent 
alarms,  in  consequence  of  threatened  raids  by  guerrilla  parties,  in  the 
counties  of  Henderson  and  Union  opposite  us  in  Kentucky.  It  was 
necessary,  during  the  whole  of  the  winter  and  spring,  to  keep  up  a 
constant  vigilance.  My  cavalry  company,  Captain  John  D.  Hinch, 
performed  very  frequent  and  valuable  services.  The  infantry  compa 
nies  were  frequently  called  out  to  do  guard  duty,  both  in  Mount  Vernon 
and  along  the  river  for  eighteen  miles  below  and  fifteen  miles  above 
the  town  of  Mount  Vernon.  Captain  William  Baker's  company — 
known  as  the  "  Pocket  Guards " — were  very  faithful  in  the  dis 
charge  of  their  duty ;  the  members  of  this  company,  living  oppo 
site  to  Uniontown,  in  Union  County,  Ky.,  being  the  most  exposed 
point  on  the  border — guarding,  from  time  to  time,  the  whole 
river  coast,  from  the  mouth  of  the  Wabash  to  Slim  Island,  a  dis 
tance  of  fourteen  miles,  always  giving  me  timely  notice  of  any 
movements  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  During  the  month 
of  March,  1863,  considerabl  excitement  was  created  by  a  report 
that  500  guerrillas  were  crossing  at  Uniontown  and  marching  on 
Mount  Vernon.  Being  absent  on  that  day,  at  Evansville.  I  heard  of 
the  threatened  movement  late  at  night,  and  immediately  proceeded  to 


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Mount  Vernon.  Arriving  at  2  o'clock  A.  M.,  I  found  everything  had 
been  done  that  was  necessary  for  the  defense  of  the  town.  The  report, 
however,  of  the  contemplated  attack  proved  to  be  erroneous.  A  short 
time  after  this,  Morgan  crossed  the  Ohio  river  into  Indiana.  On  the 
9th  of  July,  late  at  night,  I  received  orders  from  Governor  Morton  ta 
call  out  my  regiment,  and  be  in  readiness  for  immediate  service.  1 
sent  messengers  at  once  to  notify  the  different  companies,  and, 
although  some  were  fourteen  miles  away,  every  company  was  in  town, 
with  almost  every  man  belonging  to  each,  by  12  M.  on  the  following 
day. 

At  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  on  the  10th,  I  received  orders  to  hold  myself 
in  readiness  to  move  at  a  moment's  notice,  stating  that  transports 
would  be  there  for  us  that  evening.  At  9  o'clock,  the  boat  arrived — 
took  on  board  seven  companies  of  infantry,  but  did  not  get  away 
until  the  following  morning,  on  account  of  fog  in  the  river,  Lieut. 
Col.  Wm.  H.  Larkin  being  in  command  of  the  infantry  on  steamer, 
while  myself  and  Major  E.  W.  Murray  accompanied  the  cavalry, 
under  Captain  John  D.  Hinch,  by  land.  We  reached  Evansville  at 
daylight  (after  a  fatiguing  night-march)  on  the  1 1th. 

The  companies  that  went  to  Evansville  were  the  "  Mount  Vernon 
Rifles,"  Captain  Edward  Brown ;  the  "  Union  Guards,"  Captain  Phil 
ip  Peter ;  the  "  Independent  Guards,"  Captain  Nelson  J.  Nettlcton ; 
the  "Prairie  Guards,"  Captain  Nath.  B.  Ashworth;  the  "Farmers- 
ville  Guards,"  Captain  Thos.  Thompson;  the  "Pocket  Guards," 
Captain  Wm.  C.  Baker ;  the  "  Hickory  Ridge  Guards,"  Captain  N. 
C.  Perry,  and  the  "  Posey  Rangers,"  my  cavalry  company,  under 
command  of  Captain  John  D.  Hinch — in  all  about  500  men. 

After  the  arrival  of  the  boat  with  the  infantry,  we  were  assigned 
to  quarters  at  "  Camp  Meade,"  which  assumed  the  appearance  of  a 
regular  military  encampment. 

We  remained  there  until  the  day  following,  when,  hearing  that 
Morgan  was  moving  east  towards  Cincinnati,  and  fearing  a  guerrilla 
raid  from  Union  county,  Ky.,  I  requested  to  be  allowed  to  return 
home  with  my  regiment  to  protect  our  own  county  ;  General  Farquhar 
thereupon,  ordered  me  to  take  my  cavalry  and  return  to  Mount  Ver 
non,  there  to  organize  the  local  militia  for  defense.  On  leaving 
home  for  Evansville,  I  left  Captain  S.  Milner,  of  the  "  Mount  Ver 
non  Artillery,"  with  his  battery,  and  Captain  fyghtmyer,  with  the 
"  Springfield  Guards,"  under  the  command  of  the  former,  at  Mount 
Vernon  for  its  defense — and  I  was  highly  gratified  on  my  return  to 
find  that  Captain  Milner  had,  with  his  usual  energy,  organized  the 


22  MORGAN  RAID. 

local  militia  into  companies,  and  had  between  four  and  five  hundred 
men  under  arms— so  that,  in  the  space  of  forty-eight  hours,  fully  a 
thousand  men  were  under  arms,  from  the  county  of  Posey,  ready  for 
any  emergency.  The  other  seven  companies  of  infantry,  in  com 
mand  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Wm.  H.  Larkin,  remained  at  Evansville 
until  Monday,  the  13th,  when  General  Farquhar — becoming  satisfied 
that  all  danger  from  Morgan  had  passed — ordered  them  to  return 
home,  where,  upon  their  arrival,  the  troops  were  drawn  up  in  a  line, 
the  artillery  firing  a  salute,  to  receive  their  brethren  in  arms.  The 
reception  was  as  hearty  as  though  they  had  been  absent  on  a  year's 
campaign.  Finding  there  was  no  longer  a  necessity  for  keeping  the 
men  under  arms,  I  drew  them  up  in  line  and  dismissed  them  to  their 
homes.  The  officers  and  men  of  the  1st  Regiment  deserve  great 
praise  for  their  promptitude  and  energy  on  this  occasion.  During 
the  remainder  of  the  year  1863,  very  little  service  was  performed  by 
my  regiment,  everything  being  quiet  along  the  border  during  this 
period. 

Our  services  during  the  year  1864  were  manifold,  and  part  of  the 
time  arduous,  the  border  being  threatened  more  or  less  throughout 
the  year.  In  March,,  Forrest  made  his  inroad  into  Western  Ken 
tucky,  and  attacked  Paducah.  On  leaving  there,  he  moved  to  the 
Cumberland  river,  and  crossed  at  Edgeville. 

As  soon  as  the  movement  became  known,  I  ordered  my  regiment 
to  be  in  readiness  for  any  emergency,  fearing  that  he  might  attempt 
a  move  north  and  strike  the  Ohio,  either  at  Uniontown  or  Henderson, 
and  possibly  cross  the  river  into  Indiana.  The  companies  again  ral 
lied  promptly,  and  cheerfully  performed  the  duty  of  standing  guard 
and  picket — keeping  a  look-out  for  several  days,  until  we  heard  of 
the  rebels  moving  south,  and  the  danger  had  passed.  Things 
remained  quiet,  however,  but  a  short  time.  About  the  1st  of  June, 

the  guerrillas  began  to  come  into  Union  and  Henderson  counties 

again  threatening  the  quiet  of  the  border.  An  attempt  was  made, 
during  my  absence  to  the  East,  to  carry  off  a  number  of  horses  from 
Mount  Vernon  and  vicinity ;  and  they  were  successful  in  stealing  a 
fine  horse  from  one  of  our  citizens.  Arriving  at  home  during  the 
excitement,  I  again  adopted  measures  for  our  security.  I  ordered 
the  Legion  under  arms — established  a  permanent  guard  along  the 
river  to  the  mouth  of  the  Wabash — which  duty  was  cheerfully  per 
formed  by  the  "  Pocket  Guards  "  and  our  companies  in  town.  Our 
citizens,  also,  very  promptly  established  a  volunteer  watch,  which  was 
kept  up  during  the  entire  summer.  About  the  1st  of  July,  the  rebel 


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Colonels  A.  R.  Johnson  and  Seipert,  Majors  Chenowith  and  Taylor, 
made  their  appearance  in  Union  and  Henderson  counties,  Kentucky, 
with  considerable  forces,  establishing  and  enforcing  a  rigid  conscrip 
tion,  until  their  numbers  were  swelled  to  near  a  thousand  men, 
mostly,  however,  very  poorly  armed.  I  reported  the  situation  to 
General  Carrington ;  but  he  was  unable  to  render  us  much  assistance. 
He  did,  however,  send  us  thirty  men  of  the  46th  Indiana,  under 
command  of  Lieutenant  Forgy,  to  aid  us  in  guarding  the  river, 
which  was  now,  at  several  points,  fordable. 

About  the  first  of  August,  Major  General  James  Hughes  arrived 
at  Evansville,  to  superintend  the  defence  of  this  part  of  the  State. 
I  immediately  reported  to  him  the  State  of  affairs  opposite  to  us,  in 
Kentucky.  General  Alvin  P.  Hovey,  being  at  home,  received,  about 
the  first  of  August,  a  communication  from  General  Hughes  suggest 
ing  an  expedition  into  Kentucky  against  the  rebel  forces  of  Adam 
Johnson,  requesting  him  (General  Hovey)  to  take  command  of  the 
expedition — provided  the  services  of  the  Legion  could  be  procured 
for  such  an  expedition.  At  a  consultation  with  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Larkin  and  myself,  it  was  agreed  that  the  effort  should  be  made.  I 
ordered  all  the  companies  of  my  regiment,  including  the  cavalry  and 
artillery,  to  report  in  town  next  day,  at  9  o'clock,  armed  and 
equipped,  which  they  did,  with  commendable  promptness.  The 
proposition  for  an  expedition  into  Kentuckey  was  made  to  them,  and 
received  with  eiithusiasm — four  hundred  of  them  at  once  volunteering 
to  accompany  the  General  to  Kentucky.  This  was  the  14th  day  of 
August.  The  forces  sent  by  General  Hughes  from  Vanderburgh 
and  Warrick,  began  to  arrive  on  the  morning  of  the  15th,  and,  by  9 
o'clock,  A.  M.,  the  16th,  we  had,  in  addition  to  my  own  men,  150 
cavalry  and  artillery  from  Vanderburgh,  and  Captain  Stone's  com 
pany  of  cavalry  from  Warriek,  (50,)  with  about  250  men  of  the  46th 
Indiana  Infantry  Volunteers,  and  200  of  the  32d  Indiana  Infantry 
Volunteers,  all  on  board  transports,  except  our  cavalry  and  artillery, 
whkh  marched  by  land,  on  this  side,  to  Uniontown,  Kentucky — all 
the  forces  reaching  there  about  12  o'clock,  M.  General  Hovey 
immediately  pushed  forward  toward  Morganfield,  taking  the  rebels 
completely  by  surprise ;  they,  however,  scattered  in  every  direction, 
and  but  few  were  captured.  A  little  after  dark,  all  the  forces  had 
reached  Morga.nfield.  Next  morning,  General  Hovey,  with  the 
cavalry,  the  Mount  Vernon  artillery,  (2  pieces,)  the  32d  Indiana 
Infantry  Volunteers,  and  a  part  of  the  Legion  infantry,  started  out 
on  an  expedition  to  Gyger's  Lake,  the  rebels  being  reported  encamped 


24  MORGAN  RAID. 

there ;  but,  after  a  hard  chase,  our  forces  failed  to  come  up  with  the 
fleet-footed  rebels.     After  his  return  in  the  evening,  General  Hovey 
learned  that  General  Payne  had  arrived  at  Uniontown  from  Paducah, 
with  2,000  men.     Shortly  afterwards  General  Payne  himself  reached 
General  Hovey's  headquarters.    After  consultation,  it  was  determined 
that  our  forces  should  move  out  towards  Smith's  Mills  and  Henderson, 
next  morning.     During  the  night  it  rained  in  torrents,  in  consequence 
of  which   our  forces  did  not  get  under  way  until  about  8  o'clock. 
Major  General  James  Hughes,  having,  during  the   night,  reached 
Morganfield,  now  accompanied  the  expedition  on  its  march  to  Hen 
derson.     We   reached  Smith's   Mills   about   2   o'clock,  P.  M.,  and 
encamped  for  the  night;  having  captured  at  this  place  some  five  or 
six  rebels,  among  the  rest,  the  Adjutant  of  Colonel  Seipert,  who  was 
wounded  severely  by  some  of  our  cavalrymen,  under  the  impression 
that  he  was  attempting  to  escape.     On  searching  these  officers,  I 
found  on  one  of  them  blank  paroles  for  the  Indiana  Legion,  showing 
an  evident  design  on  their  part  to  make  a  raid  into  Indiana.     Next 
morning,  we   again  continued   our  march  to  Henderson,  where  we 
arrived  at  11  o'clock.     General  Hovey  having  ordered  the  transports 
to  be  there  on  our  arrival,  we  immediately  shipped  our  infantry  and 
artillery  on  board  the   steamers   for  Mount  Vernon,  and  ferried  the 
cavalry   across  the  Ohio,  to  take  up  the  line  of  march  for  home. 
During  our  march,  some  fifty  negroes  came  to  our  lines.     By  order 
of  General  Hovey,  I  had  them  taken  to  Evansville,  and  mustered 
forty  of  them  afterwards  into  the  service  of  the  United  States.     I 
desire  to   say  here  that  the  officers  and  men  of  the  1st  Regiment,  as 
well  as  those  from  the  counties  of  Vanderburgh  and  Warrick,  who- 
accompanied  the  expedition,  deserve    the  highest  praise   for   their 
conduct,  having  borne  themselves  as  well  as  veteran  troops.     I  assure 
you,  General,  I  felt  proud  of  the  Legion,  of  all    arms — infantry, 
cavalry  and  artillery ;  the  latter  especially  received  the  praise  of  all 
the  regular  officers,  the  Mount  Vernon  battery,  especially  being  con 
sidered  as  efficient  as  most  batteries  in  the  regular  volunteer  service. 
Since  the  raid  into  Kentucky,  we  have  had,  to  a  great  extent,  quiet 
along  the  border.     Before  closing  my  dispatch,  I  wish  to  say,  Gen 
eral,  that  the  services  of  the  Indiana  Legion  have  been,  by  some, 
gre^lv  undervalued.     There  is  no   doubt  in  my  mind  but  that  this 
organization  has  spared  the  Government  the  necessity   of  keeping, 
for  at  least  a  great  portion  of  the  time  during  the  first,  three  years,  at 
the  lowest  estimate,  one  regiment  of  troops  in  the  counties  of  Posey, 
Vanderburgb  and  Warrick,  thereby  saving  the  annual  expense  of, 


MORGAN  RAID.  25 

perhaps,  half  a  million  dollars,  besides  enabling  our  military  authori 
ties  to  keep  all  regular  forces  at  the  front.  In  the  hope  that  our 
next  Legislature  will  so  amend  our  militia  law  as  to  make  it  more 
efficient. 

I  remain,  General,  your  most  humble  and  ob't.  serv't., 

JOHN  A.  MANN, 
Colonel  Commanding  1st  Eeg't.  Ind.  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  COLONEL  DANIEL  F.  BATES, 

COMMANDING  3o  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  SD  REG'T,  IST  BRIG.,  IND.  LEG.,  > 
Newburgh,  Warrick  county,  Ind.,  Nov.  25,  1864.      J 

General  Mansfield,  Indianapolis,  Indiana  : 

SIR  : — In  obedience  to  instructions  received  from  you,  Nov.  19th 
inst.,  I  herewith  transmit  the  following  report  of  the  3d  Regiment 
Indiana  Legion  : 

On  the  8th  day  of  July,  1863, 1  received  orders  from  Governor  0. 
P.  Morton  to  go  into  camp  with  my  command  at  or  near  Newburgh 
to  repel  an  invasion  of  John  Morgan.  In  obedience  to  that  order,  I 
ordered  out  my  regiment  and  stationed  the  companies  as  follows  : 
Eight  companies  of  infantry  and  one  of  artillery  at  Scuffletown  Bar 
on  the  Ohio  river ;  one  company  of  cavalry  at  Newburgh,  to  use 
as  scouts ;  two  companies  of  infantry  I  mounted  and  sent  out  as 
scouts  into  the  counties  of  Dubois,  Orange  and  the  upper  part  of 
Perry,  as  it  was  reported  to  me  that  Morgan  was  moving  west. 

We  remained  in  camp  eight  days,  at  which  time  I  was  ordered  to 
relieve  the  companies  of  daily  duty,  but  hold  them  in  readiness  for 
immediate  service,  if  necessity  required  it.  I  let  the  men  go  to  their 


26  MORGAN    RAID. 

homes,  but  required  two  companies  to  stand  guard  on  the  river  at  the 
bar,  as  the  water  was  so  low  it  could  be  forded  without  any  danger. 
This  was  kept  up  some  two  weeks,  until  we  thought  the  danger  was 
over,  when  it  was  abandoned. 

Nothing  occurred  to  require  the  regiment  to  be  called  together 
until  the  10th  day  of  une  last,  when  Adam  R.  Johnson  was  expect 
ing  to  make  raids  into  Indiana.  General  Hughes  directed  me  to  go 
into  camp  with  two  companies  of  infantry,  and  furnish  him  with  my 
cavalry  company ;  which  done,  I  picketed  the  river  the  whole  breadth 
of  the  county,  and  patrolled  the  bank  each  night  while  in  camp  ;  and 
on  the  15th  of  June,  1864,  I  was  ordered  to  break  up  camp,  and  let 
my  men  return  to  their  homes,  which  I  did. 

Nothing  has  occurred  since  to  cause  us  to  come  together. 

DANIEL  F.  BATES, 
Col.  3d  Re'g't  Ind.  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  CAPTAIN  G.  W.  LYON, 

CRAWFORD  Co.  ARTILLERY,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


LEAVENWORTII,  Ind.,  July  25, 1863. 

E.  C.  CALDWELL,  Adjutant  §th  Regiment  Indiana  Legion,  Leaven- 
worth,  Indiana : 

SIR  : — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the  part 
taken  by  the  Crawford  County  Artillery  in  the  recent  engagement 
with  Morgan's  forces  at  Brandenburg.  About  6  P.  M.  of  the  7th 
inst.  the  steamer  Lady  Pike — having  been  prevented  from  passing 
up,  in  consequence  of  the  guerrillas  at  Brandenburg — came  down 
and  gave  the  information  that  the  rebels,  under  Morgan,  were  at 
Brandenburg,  and  had  possession  of  the  steamers  McCombs  and 
Alice  Dean.  Our  cannon — a  six-pounder — was  immediately  placed 


MORGAN  RAID.  27 

aboard  the  Lady  Pike,  and  in  less  than  half  an  hour,  with  about 
thirty  Home  Guards,  we  were  under  way  for  the  scene  of  action. 

The  boat  fearing  to  proceed  further  up,  landed  us  about  two  miles 
below  Mauckport,  on  the  Indiana  shore,  to  which  point  we  took  our 
cannon  by  hand.  Upon  our  arrival  there  we  placed  ourselves  in 
command  of  Col.  Timberlake,  who  was  at  Mauckport  with  about  100 
Harrison  County  Home  Guards,  awaiting  us.  He  marched  us  without 
halting,  in  the  direction  of  Brandenburg,  crossing  Buck  Creek  at  the 
mouth,  in  an  old  boat  towed  up  from  Mauckport  for  that  purpose- 
There  being  no  road,  the  taking  of  our  cannon  by  hand  through 
meadows,  corn-fields,  and  wheat-fields,  rendered  our  march  by  no 
means  pleasant.  We  arrived  opposite  Brandenburg  about  7  o'clock 
next  morning,  after  a  tiresome  march,  and  placed  our  gun  in  position 
on  the  river  bank,  in  front  of  an  old  house,  immediately  opposite  the 
landing,  where  the-  two  captured  steamers  were  lying.  About  8 
o'clock  the  fog,  which  had  been  quite  dense,  partially  disappeared, 
giving  us  a  glimpse  of  the  boats.  We  immediately  opened  fire. 
The  first  shot,  which  passed  through  the  McCombs,  took  them  com 
pletely  by  surprise,  causing  a  general  stampede.  About  200  were 
aboard  of  the  steamer  and  in  the  act  of  starting  across,  when  our 
first  fire  notified  them  of  our  presence.  They  stood  not  upon  the  order 
of  tneir  going,  not  even  waiting  to  run  out  the  stage  plank  ,  which 
had  been  taken  in,  but  jumped  their  horses  over  the  guards  of  the 
boat  and  took  up  the  road  on  double  quick,  amid  the  firing  and  shouts 
of  our  little  squad.  Quite  a  number  were  seen  to  fall  from  their 
horses,  three  of  whom  we  have  since  learned  were  killed,  and  two  of 
Morgan's  staff  and  quite  a  number  of  privates  are  reported  wounded 
— some  of  them  severely.  We  having  been  reliably  informed  that 
the  enemy  numbered  less  than  200  men,  and  were  without  artillery, 
refrained  from  firing  upon  the  boats,  after  their  abandonment  by  the 
rebels,  with  the  hope  of  saving  them.  There  being  no  enemy  then 
visible,  we  ceased  firing,  and  the  Colonel  commanding  ordered  the 
McCombs  to  come  over  and  take  our  forces  across  the  river,  but  for 
tunately  for  us  she  failed  to  comply. 

The  rebels  by  this  time  had  placed  their  guns  in  position  and  com 
menced  shelling  us  from  the  Brandenburg  Heights  with  two  12  and 
two  6-pounders,  with  telling  effect. 

We  being  in  an  open  field,  with  no  covering  whatever,  save  the  old 
log  house,  which  was  soon  made  untenable  by  the  well  directed  shots 
of  the  enemy,  were  forced  to  fall  back,  and  finally,  the  enemy  having 
crossed  the  river,  compelled  to  abandon  our  gun,  having  taken  it  by 


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MORGAN    RAID. 


hand  a  distance  of  one-half  mile.  Not  expecting  to  leave  the  boat 
when  we  started  out,  nothing  but  the  gun  and  carriage  and  limber 
box  were  taken  with  us ;  consequently  the  limber  and  a  portion  of 
the  fixtures  were  saved.  A  portion  of  the  ammunition  taken  with 
us,  which  was  concealed  when  the  gun  was  taken,  has  since  been 
recovered  by  the  citizens  of  Maukport,  as  I  am  informed  ;  how  much 
I  am  unable  to  state,  as  no  report  has  been  made  to  me. 

The  men  stood  by  the  gun  until  it  was  ordered  off  the  field,  doing 
their  duty  nobly. 

Two  men,  Lieutenant  Kerns  and  private  Nance,  of  Harrison 
County,  were  killed  while  bravely  assisting  to  remove  the  gun.  Quite 
a  number  remained  on  the  river  bank  amid  the  shot  and  shell  of  the 
enemy,  bravely  contesting  their  right  to  cross,  until  their  boat  had 
reached  our  shore,  some  of  whom  were  captured,  not  having  time  to 
make  their  escape. 

Everything  was  done  that  could  have  been  done,  under  the  circum 
stances,  to  save  our  cannon.  No  blame  can  be  attached  to  any  one, 
so  far  as  my  command  extended. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  Respectfully, 

G.  W.  LYON, 
Captain  Crawford  County  Artillery. 


REPOBT  OF  ADJUTANT  E.  C.  CALDWELL, 

5Tii  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  STH  REG'T.  IND.  LEGION,    \ 
Leavenworth,  July  25th,  1863.  / 

Laz.  Noble,  Adjutant  General  Indiana,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  : 

SIR  : — In  pursuance  of  your  request,  I  have  the  honor  to  submit 
the  following  report  of  the  part  taken  by  the  Crawford  county  forces 


MORGAN    RAID. 


29 


in  the  recent  pursuit  of  the  invaders  of  our  own  State,  under  Morgan. 
On  the  morning  of  the  8th  inst,  Captain  G.  W.  Lyon,  with  one  piece 
of  ordnance,  in  connection  with  a  small  squad  of  infantry  from  this 
(Harrison)  county,  disputed  the  crossing  of  Morgan's  men  at  Bran 
denburg,  the  particulars  of  which  are  herewith  furnished  in  a  report 
made  to  me  by  Captain  George  W.  Lyon ;  from  which  report  you 
will  see  that  our  gun,  gun-carriage  and  limber-box  were  lost;  the 
limber  and  ither  fixtures  were  saved.  The  following  is  a  description 
of  the  gun  :  "  Caliber,  3-inch  rifle  ;  heavily  stamped,  '  No.  422.' ': 
The  news  of  the  repulse  of  our  forces  at  Brandenburg,  and  the  loss 
of  our  cannon,  and  the  subsequent  crossing  of  Morgan's  entire  com 
mand,  brought  together  at  this  point  over  500  men ;  and  we  having 
learned  that  the  rebels  were  marching  on  Corydon,  started  early  on 
the  morning  of  the  9th  in  that  direction.  Two  hundred  of  our  men, 
who  were  mounted  under  Captain  Lamb,  went  in  the  direction  of 
Mauckport,  near  where  the  rebels  crossed  over ;  the  remaining 
force,  in  command  of  Captain  N.  N.  Morgan  and  myself,  took 
the  road  to  Corydon.  "When  within  about  3  miles  of  Corydon,  we 
were  informed  that  the  enemy  had  taken  Corydon,  and  were 
moving  in  the  direction  of  Leavenworth,  by  the  road  we  were 
on.  We  at  once  selected  the  most  available  position,  felled  timber 
across  the  road,  and  placed  ourselves  in  ambush,  and  prepared 
to  receive  them.  We  were,  in  a  short  time,  joined  by  Captain 
Lamb's  command,  who,  having  learned  that  Morgan  had  gone  to 
Corydon,  and  was  marching  in  the  direction  of  Leavenworth,  aban 
doned  his  route,  and  came  through  to  reinforce  our  command.  We 
remained  here  for  the  night,  resting  on  our  arms.  At  daylight,  we 
took  up  our  line  of  march  in  the  direction  we  started  out,  arriving  at 
Corydon  about  9,  A.  M.  The  enemy  had  gone  in  the  direction  of 
Salem.  We  awaited  at  Corydon  the  arrival  of  General  Hobson's 
forces,  who  arrived  about  11,  A.  M.,  to  whom  we  at  once  reported 
for  duty.  He  ordered  our  cavalry  in  his  advance,  and  our  infantry 
in  the  direction  of  New  Albany.  We  (the  infantry)  immediately 
started  in  the  direction  ordered.  When  within  about  one  mile  of 
Edwardaville,  we  were  halted  by  Major  Sabin's  pickets;  and,  having 
reported  ourselves,  were,  by  the  Major,  ordered  to  remain  for  the 
night,  (it  being  then  1  o'clock  at  night,)  outside  of  his  lines.  An 
alarm  was  sounded  in  about  one-half  hour  from  the  time  of  our  halt 
ing  ;  and,  in  pursuance  of  orders,  we  resumed  our  march  in  the  direc 
tion  of  New  Albany,  where  we  arrived  about  daylight.  We  reported 
to  Major  Fry,  who  ordered  us  to  report  to  Colonel  McCurdy,  at 


30  MORGAN   RAID. 

Camp  Noble,  near  New  Albany,  where  we  remained  awaiting  furthe 
orders  until  the  15th  inst.,  when  we  were  ordered  to  return  to  Leaven- 
worth — the  information  having  been  received  that  a  detached  squad 
of  the  guerrillas  were  in  that  vicinity,  committing  their  usual  depre 
dations.  We  were  promptly  furnished  with  transportation,  by  the 
river,  and  two  pieces  of  artillery.  We  arrived  at  Leavenworth  with 
out  accident;  the  men,  however,  were  very  much  fatigued.  The 
report  of  the  guerrillas  being  in  the  vicinity  was  withoi*  foundation. 

A  most  worthy  citizen  of  our  county,  (Lieutenant  Calvin  Martin,) 
has  since  died,  in  consequence  of  disease  contracted  during  the 
march. 

Reports  of  the  exact  number,  and  names  of  the  persons  engaged, 
and  the  length  of  time  served,  and,  also,  as  to  subsistence,  etc.,  fur 
nished,  will  be  forwarded  as  early  as  practicable. 

Great  praise  is  due,  and  should  be  given,  to  the  citizens  of  this 
and  all  other  counties  through  which  we  passed,  for  the  kind  treat 
ment  shown  us,  and  their  extraordinary  efforts  to  render  us  com 
fortable. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  respectfully,  your  ob't.  serv't, 

ED.  C.  CALDWELL, 
Adjutant  5/A  Reg't.  Indiana  Legion. 

P.  S.— Our  cavalry,  under  Captain  Lamb,  {above  referred  to,) 
followed  in  pursuit  as  far  as  Harrison,  Ohio,  where  they  were 
discharged  by  Colonel  Dunham.  This  fact  I  omitted  in  my  report 
above.  E.  C.  C. 


REPORT  OP  COLONEL  LEWIS  JORDAN, 

COMMANDING  GTH  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  GTH  REG'T  2D  BRIG.  IND.  LEG,,  1 
Corydon,  Ind.,  Aug.  11,  1863.      / 

To  L.  Noble,  Adjutant  General  of  the  State  of  Indiana  : 

The  undersigned,  Colonel  of  said  regiment,  would  make  the  follow 
ing  report  of  the  doings  of  said  regiment  during  the  late  Morgan 
Raid  through  Indiana : 

Notice  was  given  me  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Irvin  on  Tuesday 
evening  late,  the  7th  July  last,  that  at  about  5  o'clock  P.  M.  of 
that  day,   two  steamboats — McCombs   and  Alice  Dean — had   been 
pressed  by  a  rebel  force  at  Brandenburg,  Ky.     I  took  immediate 
steps  to  have  my  regiment  under  arms,  and  ordered  Major  Pfrimmer 
to  report  to  Lieutenant  Colonel  Irvin  at  Mauckport.     I  also  sent 
Captain  Farquar,  of  the  Cavalry,  with  a  squad  of  his  men,  that  he 
might  dispatch  me  all  necessary  information  of  the  operations  of  the 
rebels.     During  the  night  a  six  pounder  field  piece,  under  the  com 
mand  of  Major  Woodbury,  Captain  Lamb,  and  a  squad  of  men  from 
Leayenworth,  arrived  opposite  Brandenburgh,  Ky.,  which  opened  fire 
on  the  rebels  about  8  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  8th  of  July,  the 
fog  having  just  disappeared  from  the  river.     The  rebels  soon  suc 
ceeded  in  placing  four  field  pieces  in  position,  and  sent  shot  and  shell 
at  our  forces,  driving  them  from  their  gun,  killing  two  of  our  men, 
one  of  them  a  Lieutenant.     Two  companies  of  this  regiment,  the 
Mauckport  Rifles   and  Heth  Rifles,  being  near  at   hand,  some  of 
the  men  aided  in  firing  the  gun.     The  rebels  commenced  crossing  in 
a  boat,  which  was  compelled  to  land  a  half  mile  or  more  above,  as 
Colonel  Timberlake,  with  a  party  of  twelve  or  fifteen  men,  rallied  to 
to  the  gun,  and  succeeded  in  firing  several  times  while  the  boat  was 
crossing,  but  without  causing  any  injury  to  the  boat;  they  being  com- 


32  MORGAN   RAID. 

pelled  to  abandon  the  gun.  The  enemy  crossed  over  in  such  force, 
with  the  aid  of  their  field  pieces  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river, 
that  our  forces  were  compelled  to  fall  back.  Skirmishing  was  kept 
up  on  the  different  roads,  under  the  direction  of  Major  Pfrimmer 
(Colonel  Irvin  having  oome  back  to  Corydon),  a  report  of  whose 
operations  is  herewith  returned,  until  he  fell  back  to  the  forces  under 
my  immediate  command,  six  miles  out  on  the  Mauckport  road  (the 
two  companies — Heth  Rifles  and  Mauckport  Rifles — having  been  cut 
off  from  our  forces),  where  about  two  hundred  men  were  under  me, 
on  the  evening  of  the  8th  July.  I  then  gradually  fell  back  on  the 
morning  of  the  9th  of  July,  to  within  a  mile  of  Corydon,  where  I 
caused  temporary  breastworks  and  obstructions  to  be  hastily  made, 
extending  my  command  one  half  mile  east  and  west,  commanding  all 
the  roads  coming  from  the  river,  at  which  time  I  had  under  my  com 
mand,  of  the  Legion  and  citizens,  a  force  of  400  to  450. 

I  kept  out  a  sufficient  picket  force  in  front,  who  skirmished  with 
the  enemy  continually  on  the  morning  of  the  9th,  and  gradually 
fell  back  before  the  main  force  of  the  enemy,  to  my  line  of  defences, 
on  my  main  force ;  the  rebels  appearing  in  force  all  along  my  line 
about  1  o'clock  P.  M.,  on  the  9th  of  July,  first  firing  on  my  left, 
which  was  held  by  Captain  George  W.  Lahue,  of  the  Spencer  Guards, 
who  repulsed  the  enemy  three  times,  losing  one  man,  and  wounding 
a  large  number  of  rebels  ;  after  which  the  rebels,  being  largely  rein 
forced,  Captain  Lahue  gradually  fell  back  in  good  order  ;  when  the 
enemy  opened  along  my  whole  line.  Our  forces  replied  to  their  fire, 
holding  our  position  thirty  minutes,  when  the  enemy  opened  with 
three  pieces  of  artillery,  with  shell  and  shot,  and  they  appearing  in 
such  overwhelming  numbers,  seeing  my  forces  could  no  longer  suc 
cessfully  contend  against  such  odds,  I  gave  the  order  to  fall  back 
through  Corydon,  which  was  done  in  good  order,  until  it  was  ascer 
tained  that  the  rebel  forces  had  almost  surrounded  the  town,  which 
caused  considerable  confusion.  The  enemy  commenced  shelling  the 
town;  I  was  compelled  to  surrender  it  with  such  of  my  forces  as  had 
not  escaped.  Three  hundred  and  forty-five  men  were  paroled  by 
General  Morgan,  among  them  about  one  hundred  and  forty  members 
of  the  Legion,  the  others  being  citizens,  many  of  whom  had  not 
been  in  arms,  they  making  prisoners  of  all.  Morgan  remained  in 
town  until  night,  his  forces  robbing  the  stores,  and  levying  §2100  on 
the  mills — one  hour  being  given  to  raise  the  money,  or  he  would 
burn  the  mills.  The  money  was  paid. 


MORGAN  RAID.  33 

Many  of  the  prisoners  he  took  were  robbed  of  their  hats,  boots, 
and  clothing;  also  of  such  amounts  of  money  as  they  had  on  their 
persons.  The  rebels  acknowledged  a  loss  of  thirty-seven.  Too 
much  praise  cannot  be  given  to  the  citizens  generally  for  their  aid  in 
the  fight.  I  am  under  obligations  to  Major  Stout,  of  New  Albany, 
Capt.  George  L.  Key,  Capt.  1.  D.  Irwin,  and  Col.  John  Timberlake, 
who  volunteered  to  assist,  and  were  efficient  aids  in  the  conflict. 
Major  Pfrimmer  and  Adjt.  Heth  acted  with  promptness,  and  were 
efficient  in  carrying  out  my  orders.  Lieut.  Col.  Irwin  reported  to 
me  on  the  morning  of  the  9th,  and  left  without  leave  before  the  fight 
commenced,  and  has  made  no  satisfactory  report  of  his  doings  to  me 
since.  Some  action  should  be  had  in  his  case.  In  the  engagement  oppo 
site  Brandenburg  and  near  Corydon,  four  of  our  men  were  killed, 
and  two  wounded,  viz :  Lieut.  Current,  of  the  Mauckport  Rifles,  and 
Harry  Stapleton,  of  the  Legion,  were  killed;  also,  Nathan  McKinzie 
and  George  Nance,  citizens.  John  Glenn,  of  the  Ellsworth  Rifles, 
"was  severely  wounded,  and  Jacob  Ferrace,  a  citizen,  (one  of  the 
County  Commissioners)  was  severely  wounded,  and  has  since  died. 
Isaac  Lang,  belonging  to  the  Scott  Rifles,  under  Captain  A.  B.  Cams, 
died  from  over-heat  in  the  battle.  Morgan's  forces  killed  Peter 
Glenn,  and  burned  his  houses  and  barns,  he  having  been  induced  to 
come  where  Morgan's  forces  were,  near  his  residence,  by  a  flag  of 
truce,  and  having  no  arms.  William  Heth,  a  citizen,  was  shot  down 
near  the  town.  Others  were  shot  at,  and  two  boys  were  crippled,  in 
the  north  part  of  our  county.  On  Wednesday  morning,  the  8th  day 
of  July,  after  having  received  reliable  official  information  of  the  fact 
that  th«  enemy  in  force  had  crossed  the  river,  I  dispatched  a  messen 
ger  to  Maj.  Thos.  W.  Fry,  Commander  of  the  Post  at  New  Albany, 
Indiana,  informing  him  of  the  artillery  firing  there,  the  casualties,  and 
the  first  crossing  of  the  rebel  forces,  and  requesting  that  assistance 
and  artillery  be  sent  us.  The  dispatch  reached  him  on  the  8th,  at  12 
o'clock,  twenty-five  hours  before  the  rebels  appeared  in  force  before 
my  lines  here.  I  dispatched  three  or  four  times  afterward,  the  same 
day,  requesting  assistance  and  artillery,  also,  on  the  following  morn 
ing.  Assistance  and  artillery  was  promised,  but  for  some  cause  it 
was  nerer  sent  from  New  Albany.  An  infantry  force  of  drilled  men 
of  2,000,  and  two  pieces  of  artillery — which  I  think  could  have  been 
sent — would  have  defeated  the  rebels  and  prevented  the  capture  of 
the  town.  Of  this  I  have  no  doubt.  What  guns  were  in  the  armory 
not  drawn  by  organized  companies,  were  given  to  the  citizens.  We 
have  500  guns  in  good  order,  with  proper  accoutrements,  in  the  com- 

M.  R.— 3 


MORGAN   RAID. 


panies,  and  left  in  our  armory.  The  otters  drawn  by  this  county 
have  been  captured  and  destroyed  by  the  rebels  ;  however,  a  few  may 
be  reported  hereafter.  If  so,  I  will  make  a  proper  report  thereof. 
Some  500  horses  were  captured  from  citizens  of  this  county,  and  but 
few  have  been  recovered.  Eleven  wounded  rebels  were  left  in  our 
charge,  two  of  whom  died.  The  remainder  were  reported  to  Major 
Fry  at  New  Albany,  two  of  whom  were  Lieutenants.  Sixteen  of  a 
party  who  crossed  at  Twelve  Mile  Island,  above  Louisville,  intending 
to  join  Morgan's  forces,  were  captured  by  men  belonging  to  my  com 
mand,  one  of  whom  was  a  Captain,  and  reported  to  Major  Fry  at 
New  Albany.  Nineteen  very  good  horses  were  captured  by  the 
Legion,  and  being  claimed  by  the  I>eputy  Provost  Marshal  and  others, 
under  United  States  authority,  were  delivered  into  their  custody. 
Respectfully  reported. 

'LEWIS  JORDAN,  SB.,  Colonel 


PAROLE  OF  IND.  MILITIA  AND  MINUTE  MEN,  AT  CORYDON, 


HEADQUARTERS  MORGAN'S  DIVISION,  \ 
Cory  don,  Ind.,  July  9.  1863.      / 

We,  the  undersigned,  being  part  and  parcel  of  the  United  States 
forces,  having  been  taken  prisoners  at  Corydon,  Indiana,  this  9th 
day  of  July,  1863,  by  the  Confederate  States  cavalry  under  command 
of  Brigadier  General  John  H.  Morgan,  on  condition  of  our  being 
released  on  parole,  do  solemnly  swear  that  we  will  not  bear  arms 
against  the  Confederate  States  during  the  present  war,  nor  will  we 
perform  any  military  duty,  or  aid  or  abet  their  enemies  in  any  way 
whatsoever ;  nor  will  we  disclose  anything  we  have  seen  or  heard  in 
the  Confederate  States  army  to  its  prejudice.  So  help  us,  God. 

Sworn  before  me,  this  9th  day  of  July,  1863. 

BY  COMMAND  OF  BRIG.  GEN.  JOHN  H.  MORGAN. 

JOHN  H.  GREEN.  A.  A.  G. 

LEWIS  JORDAN,  Colonel  Commanding. 


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W.  G.  Heith, 
A.  W.  Uhodis, 
L.  W.  Evans, 
Fred.  Stoher,  ' 
R.  M.  Smith, 
W.  A.  McKee, 
G.  W.  Rothenk, 
J.  J.  Rowe, 
Phil.  Shreck, 
A.  Burges, 
J.  T.  Heith, 
W.  J.  Landen, 
D.  J.  Venner, 
John  Gerdon, 
W.  M.  Crisp, 
J.  F.  Zimmerman, 
R.  A,  Briggs, 
P.  T.  Gresham, 
H.  S.  Wolfe, 
P.  Embs, 
Frank  Embs, 
M.  Kapp, 
M.  P.  Jacobs, 
M.  Jones, 
Jackson  Read, 
Daniel  Jacobs, 
William  Jacobs, 
John  V.  Adams, 

L.  Jacobs, 

James  Wiseman, 

John  A.  Brown. 

S.  Chaviss, 

J.  Albin, 

Ambrose  Shreck, 

J.  Moltan, 

L.  F.  Love, 

Thomas  Gresham, 

R.  II.  Hith, 

L.  Brown, 

Phil.  Conrad, 

James  Fleshman, 


B.  Jordan, 

J.  A.  Deatink, 
J,  H.  Weaver, 
M.  B.  Clark, 

C.  H.  Jordan, 
G.  W.  McBride, 
H.  C.  Brown, 

F.  G.  Bell, 

B.  P.  Senseng, 
E.  Rowe, 

G.  W.  Long, 

J.  P.  Louden,  * 

J.  Bowman, 

S.  Keneday, 

Henry  Imbleman. 

L.  Lindsey, 

Henry  Damenfelser, 

Jacob  Bruce, 

J.  Sonner, 

J.  R.  R.  Sonner, 

B.  Miller, 

Joseph  Stanecypher, 

William  Grass, 

A.  Neeley, 

J.  Jamison, 

John  Ransom, 

James  Holsclan, 

N.  W.  Stevens, 

L.  McCown, 

D.  Huffstutter, 

A.  Ellis, 

W.  Charley, 

John  Simpson, 

W.  N.  Trace  well, 

D.  Sappenfield, 

E.  Wright, 

John  J.  Huffman, 
Y.  T.  Funk, 
Robert  Mozier, 
D.  A.  Kechner, 
J.  J.  Wilson, 


J.  Long, 
L.  Brandenburg, 
Thomas  Riley, 
A.  W.  Rusk, 
James  Howe, 

E.  C.  Lemon, 
James  Stallings, 
M.  Evans, 

J.  Y.  B.  McRea, 

J.  E.  Albin, 

John  T.  Ruckenbach, 

Robert  Cottier, 

J.  W.  Evans, 

M.  Bayer, 

John  C.  Brown, 

A.  M.  Thurston, 

L.  R.  Sturens, 

F.  M.  Shoemaker, 
Alix  Wright, 

A.  Miller, 
A.  Blunk, 
J.  Sutton, 
J.  Markel, 
W.  Gibbs, 
W.  E.  Marshall, 
L.  Hum, 
L.  B.  Doll, 
J.  M.  Jackson, 
J.  M.  Riley, 
John  Wagoner. 
A.  Wentz, 
R.  J.  Conrad, 
G.  J.  Hubbard, 
J.  K.  Wolfe, 
John  Hartman, 
A.  James, 
A.  K.  Saw, 
J.  Pithnan, 
J.  H.  Davis, 
L.  Thomas, 
J.  Pithnan, 


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MORGAN   RAID. 


William  Evans, 
W.  H.  Grace, 
L.  Cotuer, 
H.  Huffman, 
Cad.  Wolfe, 
Silas  Melcom, 
J.  M.  Smith, 
C.  Elwanger, 
0.  W.  Miller, 
A.  J.  Walk, 

E.  Lindsey, 
L.  G.  Saffer, 
Thomas  Lowe, 
John  W.  Dick, 
J.  Wright, 

F.  M.  Crandall, 
John  A.  Arnold, 
Eli  Kingeny, 
Henry  Walter, 

A.  Brown, 
W.  J.  Miles, 

W.  M.  Holtsclaro, 

W.  H.  Kintner, 

John  S.  Arnold, 

James  Emely, 

W.  H.  Blankenbeker, 

E.  W.  Hutter, 

R.  Sharp, 

Thomas  Cottinggin, 

Thomas  Lyskomiski, 

J.  Truer, 

J.  Emily, 

H.  M.  Hogan, 

B.  Downs, 

C.  M.  Miller, 
W.  Ruth, 
M.  Hise, 

W.  H.  Tueley, 
M.  G.  Beard, 
J,  Jones, 

D.  B.  Bell, 


S.  W.  Wents, 
Samuel  Luckett, 
George  Brown, 
John  Hedge, 
G.  W.  Miller, 
A.  Ruthrock, 
W.  A.  Semay, 
J.  A.  Albin, 
J.  S.  Yenner, 

F.  McRac, 

J.  A.  Westfall, 

G.  W.  Flock, 

M.  D.  L.  Stallings, 

J.  Case, 

W.  D.  Jones, 

D.  W.  Thompson, 
W.  C.  Rush, 

M.  Lemuel, 
David  Rice, 
W.  J.  Boling, 
James  W.  Totten, 
C.  C.  Bym, 
David  Leffner, 
Thomas  R.  Bordnell, 
William  Detrick, 
H.  T.  Grable, 
John  De  Moss, 
Levi  Shield, 
H.  Young, 
John  H.  Shields, 
M.  Cooper, 
John  Hoover. 
P.  C.  Faulker, 

E.  Welther, 
Peter  Cohert, 
Phil.  Brubeck, 
J.  H.  Brown, 
Henry  Bowly, 
Frank  Goss, 
J.  Lewis, 

J.  D.  Lemay, 


John  Wright, 
W.  H.  Riley, 
John  J.  Runtz, 
George  Flock, 
W.  H.  Smith, 
Samuel  Simpson, 
J.  Markwell, 
W.  D.  Gibbs, 
George  Lemel, 

D.  A.  Miller, 
M.  Gehllarx, 
Andrew  Pitman, 
John  H.  Peyton, 
Victor  Gravis, 
J.  A.  Bines, 

C.  Grant, 
William  Remhart, 
David  Hooban, 
Beverly  Herold, 
J.  S.  Hannah, 
John  Hildebrand, 
John  T.  Dentich, 
P.  Sinclair, 

B.  T.  Ferguson, 
John  A.  Bloon, 
A.  W.  Hancock, 

E.  Hancock, 
William  McFarland, 
N.  Deweese, 
James  Yahm, 
David  Summers, 
A.  Kennedy, 

W.  H.  Vemur, 
John  Zenowin, 
Nimrod  Hurst, 

F.  W.  Mathews, 

C.  H.  Paper, 
C.  Duggins, 
J.  T.  Tindall, 
W.  H  Albin, 
W.  R.  Shuck, 


MORGAN   RAID. 


37 


C.  Kintner, 
F.  L.  Bayler, 
John  Hawn, 
M.  Lincoln, 
George  Rudy, 
P.  McClaren, 

F.  M.  Bline, 
J.  Kingsley, 
L.  Leach, 
John  Jones, 

G.  Wilcox, 

L.  D.  Ulyman, 
Peter  Walter, 
Daniel  McCoy, 
Daniel  Strangs, 
M.  Kirkham, 
William  Hartham, 
M.  Rising, 
E.  G.  Busoe, 
H.  G.  Famsley, 
Samuel  McCloud, 
Henry  Waen, 
J.  Conrad, 
W.  Shield, 
H.  Smith, 
N.  G.  Melton, 
J.  B.  Davis, 
Jacob  Walter, 
Daniel  Fleshman, 
William  Harmon, 
J.  L.  Daveese, 
L.  Rosenberger, 
James  McCoy, 
B.  Blankenburker, 
Peter  F.  Ruper, 
J.  Alburs, 


J.  Hemoas, 
T.  C.  Slaughter, 
John  H.  Anderson, 
George  Choffet, 
E.  Cromwell, 
J.  H.  Hudson, 
G.  S.  Ott, 
Jacob  Fry, 
A.  J.  Peyton, 
W.  Solomon, 
J.  T.  McEvans, 
A.  M.  Tuel, 
Clark  Funk, 
John  Gabb, 
S.  J.  Foster, 
H.  P.  Hum, 
A.  Roberts, 
Benjamin  Boston, 
M.  Sears, 
W.  II.  Hurst, 
E.  Turner, 
James  Sham, 
L.  Glugour, 
James  Armstrong, 
William  Howard, 
Thomas  Mosier, 
H.  Seacott, 
Theo.  J.  Martin, 
J.  R.  Hendson, 
John  Hendricks, 
James  A.  Moore. 
John  Kannafel, 
D.  Armstrong, 
A.  J.  Zimmerman, 
T.  Burns, 


J.  W.  Mogvis, 
Charles  H.  Reader, 
L.  Mayfield, 
W.  D.  Funk, 
S.  Stout, 
J.  Kirkman, 
Fred.  Bloom, 
George  Shuck, 
John  Styne, 
Charles  M.  Scott, 
J.  W.  Conrad, 
Henry  Lowe, 
William  Coleman, 
S.  Sappefield, 
A.  Stevens, 
M.  Sappenfield, 
J,  A.  Walk, 
A.  Armstrong, 
George  Charley, 
M.  Kannappel, 
Jacob  Kunner, 
William  Blunk, 
James  Hudson, 
James  McMillan, 
F.  Hall, 
John  S.  Sears, 
William  Danner, 
A.  Ollvis, 
S.  Barrow, 
William  Benson, 
Daniel  King, 
W.  M.  Lome, 
John  Landaum, 
James  Ellis, 
Benjamin  Armstrong. 


REPORT  OF  CAPTAIN  ROBERT  DEMY, 

COMMANDING  Two  COMPANIES  WASHINGTON  COUNTY  MINUTE  Mm 


Major  General  James  ffuyhe*,  Commanding  Indiana  Legion: 

GENERAL  :— In  compliance  with  your  verbal  order  of  the  9th  day 
of  July,  1863,  I  proceeded  to  enroll  all  the  minute  men' that  offered 
their  services  to  repel  the  raid  of  the  rebel  General  John  Morgan, 
and  by  5  P.  M.  had  the  satisfaction  to  report  to  you,  by  telegraph,' 
from  Salem,  110  men.  In  answer,  I  received  your  order,  by  tele 
graph,  to  have  my  company  ready  to  go  on  train  to  Mitchell  next 
day,  to  be  armed.  I  found  that,  for  raw  troops,  there  were  too  many 
men  to  be  handled  in  one  company,  and  on  the  morning  of  the  10th, 
I  formed  my  men  into  two  companies,  under  command  of  Captain 
George  R.  Carr  and  Peter  Kopp,  and  fully  completed  the  organiza 
tion  by  9  A.  M.,  and  was  in  readiness  for  transportation. 

I  formed  the  companies  into  a  battalion,  and  at  10  A.  M^  shipped 
for  Mitchell,  having  an  aggregate  of  150  men,  rank  and  file,  which 
I  reported  you  by  telegraph.  This  number  was  soon  increased,  until 
the  companies  were  filled  up  .above  the  maximum  number.  At  2 
A.  M.  of  the  llth,  I  was  violently  attacked  with  bloody  flux,  but  con 
tinued  on  duty  until  toward  noon,  when  I  became  so  much  prostrated 
as  to  be  unable  to  give  any  further  attention  to  duty. 

Previous  to  this,  in  compliance  with  your  order,  I  detailed  ten 
picked  men  from  my  companies,  under  command  of  Sergeant  A. 
Hitchcock,  to  guard  a  train  as  near  Salem  as  practicable. 

This  was  the  last  duty  I  performed  under  your  immediate  orders, 
and,  finding  myself  sinking  very  fast  from  the  continued  attack  of 
ilux,  I  came  home  for  treatment,  on  the  train  carrying  the  detailed 
guard. 

On  the  evening  of  the  12th,  having  satisfactory  assurance  that  the 
danger  was  over  in  the  vicinity  of  the  train,  I  took  the  responsibility 


MORGAN   RAID.  39 

vto  order  the  guard  to  report  to  me  at  Campbellsburg,  on  the  13th,  at 
8  A.  M.,  which  they  did  ;  and,  as  I  had  begun  to  recover  partially,  I 
took  command  of  the  squad,  with  some  additional  volunteers  who 
offered  their  services  to  join  your  command,  all  of  which  I  took  to 
Mitchell,  where  I  reported  to  Colonel  Kise,  Post  Commander,  who 
ordered  us  forward  by  the  0.  &  M.  R.  R.,  to  join  your  command. 
We  got  transportation  to  Seymour,  on  the  night  of  the  13fch,  where 
I  reported  to  the  officer  in  command  of  the  Post,  who  ordered  us 
forward,  on  the  morning  of  the  14th,  to  Osgood. 

On  reaching  Osgood,  Colonel  Mulky  ordered  me  to  halt  my  squad 
and  guard  a  supply  train  lying  at  that  place.  I  remained  at  Osgood 
until  the  evening  o?f  the  15th,  when  I  obtained  transportion  for  four 
cars  of  supplies  belonging  to  your  command,  and  twenty-eight  men, 
and  brought  them  to  Tripton  or  North  "Vernon,  where  I  remained 
over  night.  Here  I  reported  to  Adjutant  General  Noble,  by  tele 
graph,  on  the  morning  of  the  16th,  and,  learning  that  the  minute 
men  were  being  disbanded,  and  several  of  the  men  with  me  being 
farmers,  whose  crops  were  wasting,  I  brought  the  men  under  my 
command  to  Campbellsburg,  and  took  their  arms  and  accoutrements, 
(eleven  sets  not  all  complete)  and  sent  them  home.  I  also  took  the 
arms  of  some  men  who  were  sent  back  on  the  march,  on  account  of 
sickness,  with  their  arms,  and  those  of  some  men  who  had  been 
armed  by  2d  Lieutenant  H.  A.  Smith,  of  Captain  Carr's  Company 
H,  10th  Regiment,  without  having  been  enrolled  or  sworn  in.  I 
have,  up  to  the  present  time,  (Saturday,  July  18th)  collected  in  all 
seventeen  stands,  and  have  information  of  two  other  stands  that  I 
will  endeavor  to  obtain.  These  I  will  take  to  Indianapolis  the  com 
ing  week  and  turn  over  to  the  Adjutant  General,  unless  I  am  other 
wise  ordered.  Hoping  that  this  report  of  my  services,  though  they 
may  not  have  -been  entirely  regular,  may  receive  your  approval, 
I  have  the  honor  to  remain,  General, 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

ROBERT  DENNY, 

Senior  Captain,  Commanding  Companies  H  and  C:.  Minute  Men. 

CAMPBELLSBURG,  Ind,,  July  18,  1863. 


REPORT    OF    LIEUT.  AAR03T    W.    GORDON,, 

COMMANDING  COMPANY  OF  WASHINGTON  COUNTY  LEGION. 

NEW  PHILADELPHIA,  | 

Washington  Co.,  Ind.,  Dec.  9,  1864.  / 

On  the  9th  day  of  July,  1863,  an  order  was  received  by  Captain 
John  Davis  (then  commanding  company),  from  Gen.  Hughes,  to 
report  at  Salem,  with  his  company,  on  the  following  day,  there  to 
receive  guns  for  the  company  and  go  on  the  Morgan  raid.  When 
the  company  arrived  at  Salem,  the  town  was  occupied  by  Morgan, 
and  all  the  company  were  taken  prisoners. 

The  company  has  spent  40  days  in  drilling. 

When  it  was  reported  that  Morgan  was  in  the  State,  the  company 
was  ordered  out  by  Col.  Dunham,  of  the  50th  Indiana.  The  order 
was  verbal.  Marched  to  Hardinsburg,  which  took  two  days. 

None  of  the  company  were  killed,  wounded,  or  captured,  during, 
the  last  mentioned  service. 

AARON  W.  GORDON, 
First  Lieut.  Commanding  Company.. 


REPORT  OF  ANDREW  J.  BURRELL,. 

COMMANDING  VALONIA   MOUNTED   MINUTE  MEN. 


YALONIA,  IND.,  December  2,  1864. 
William  T.  Jones,  A.  A*  6r.,  Cory  don,  Indiana: 

SIR  : — I  am  in  receipt  of  your  order  of  the  28th  ult.,  and  hasten  a 
reply. 

Rifles"  were  organized  Ln  the  summer  1861,  CQmmanded,by 


MORGAN  RAID. 


Captaain  S.  T.  Wells,  who  is  now  in  the  United  States  service.  The 
officers,  and  most  of  the  privates  of  said  organization,  went  into  the 
volunteer  service  in  October  of  said  year,  since  which  time  the  com 
pany  has  never  drilled,  or  met  as  a  company.  As  I  am  the  only 
officer  of  said  company  that  has  returned  from  the  army,  I  respect 
fully  submit  the  above. 

It  might  be  proper  to  state  that  I  organized  (only  temporarily)  a 
company  of  mounted  men,  in  obedience  to  a  call  by  Governor  Morton, 
of  July,  1863,  for  the  purpose  of  pursuing  John  Morgan,  styled 
u  The  Valonia  Minute  Men."  We  were  out  some  six  or  seven  days, 
under  General  Love's  orders— at  Seymour  a  part  of  the  time.. 
Nothing  transpired  worthy  of  note. 

Respectfully,  ANDREW  J.  BURRELL. 


REPORT  OF  CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  FORQUOR, 

COMMANDING  "  MOUNTED  HOOSIERS,"  GTH  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION- 


HEADQUARTERS  MOUNTED  HOOSIERS,  GTH  REG.  IND,  LEG.,  1 
Cbrydon,  August  15,  1863.  / 

Colonel  Lewis  Jordan,  Commanding : 

SIR  : — In  obedience  to  a  request  from  headquarters,  I  hereby 
append  a  precise  report  of  men,  and  arms  captured  in  the  recent 
engagement  with  John  H.  Morgan  during  his  raid  in  Indiana,  from 
the  time  of  his  crossing  at  Brandenburg,  until  the  surrender  of  Cory- 
don,  July  9,  1863. 

Being  at  Mauckport  when  the  information  was  received  that  a 
large  rebel  force  were  attempting  a  crossing  at  Brandenburg,  I  imme 
diately  repaired  to  Cory  don,  and  notified  my  company  to  report  at 
Corydon  forthwith. 

I  summoned  what  men  were  nearest  at  hand,  and  immediately  pro- 
seeded  to  the  scene  of  action — being  on  duty  about  one  hour  and  a 


MORGAN    RAID. 

half,  my  men  all  detailed  as  couriers.  I  was  ordered  to  Mauckport, 
to  rally  all  the  men  at  that  place ;  but  failing,  I  was  ordered,  with 
one  or  two,  to  reconnoiter.  Soon  finding  myself,  however,  in  close 
proximity  with  the  enemy,  began  a  speedy  retreat.  Being  under  a 
cross  fire  of  the  enemy,  my  horse  became  unmanageable"  and  ran 
slightly  against  a  tree,  which  entirely  disabled  me;  whereupon 
First  Lieutenant  De  Moss  assumed  command  of  th  •  company.  They 
were  on  duty  all  night,  skirmishing  with  the  enemy,  and  made 
several  very  narrow  escapes. 

On  the  .morning  of  the  9th,  the  Orderly  was  ordered  to  hold  such 
of  the  company  as  were  not  on  duty  to  be  ready  for  any  emergency. 
Information  being  received  that  the  enemy  were  advancing,  he  was 
ordered  out  to  meet  and  skirmish  with  them.  Coming  up  with  Major 
Pfrimmer,  at  Glenn's  residence,  the  cavalry  were  formed  for  a  charge. 
Soon  the  enemy  came  in  sight,  and,  with  drawn  sabres,  a  charge  was 
ordered,  which  resulted  in  the  loss  to  the  enemy  of  one  man  killed, 
and  two  prisoners. 

The  enemy  being  reinforced,  we  were  oblied  to  fall  back  slowly 

and  reluctantly,  disputing  every  step,  until  we  reached  headquarters 

formed  there  on  the  right  of  the  line,  exposed  to  the  enemy's  shells. 
Our  arms  being  of  insufficient  range,  we  were  compelled  to  retire— 
'but  in  good  order. 

Pursued  by  a  superior  force,  we  retreated  to  the  Pilot  Knob,  and 
there  maintained  our  position  until  the  surrender  of  the  town,  with 
the  loss  of  eleven  captured,  as  follows,  viz  : 

Serg.  Henry  Grable,  John  Swarts,  Lorenzo  Shuek, 

William  II.  Hottell,  Greorge   Rudy,  Peter  McLaren, 

John  De  Moss,  John  Overton,  Francis  M.  Bline. 

Henry  Read,  James  Mayer, 

LOSS    OF   ARMS. 

Twenty-three  sets,  including  the  loss  of  fourteen  horses,  valued  as 
follows,  viz: 

Sergeant  Painter,  1  mare, §150  GO' 

John  De  Moss,  1  mare, 125  00 

F.  M.  Bline,  1  mare, 135  00 

J.  J.  Overton,!  mare, 150  00 

W.  II.  Hudle,  1  mare, 135  00 

H.  Matson,  1  mare, .... ..,...„          120  00 


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A.  A.  Wright,  1  mare, 85  00 

James  Mayers,  1  mare, 125  00 

Francis  Frovel,  1   mare, 110  00 

George  D.  Beau,  1  mare, 115  00 

George  Charles,  1  mare, 120  00 

John  V.   Stevens,  1  mare, 150  00 

W.  II.  Read,  1  mare, , 150  00 

Henry  Read,  1  mare, 150  00 

Captain  William  Forquor,  1  mare, 150  00 

Total  value  of  horsey  lost  while  in  service.  $1,970  00 

We  would  once  more  suggest,  in  addition  to  the  requisition  that 
has  already  been  made,  the  propriety  of  furnishing  us  with  arms 
worthy  of  this  branch  of  the  service,  as  those  that  we  get  are  hard — 
a  great  many  of  which  are  of  no  use,  the  locks  being  out  of  order. 

I  would  further  state  that  I  have  not  yet  recovered  from  the  shock 
I  received  whilst  on  my  retreat,  near  Brandenburg. 

I  should  have  reported  sooner  but  for  the  wound  received.  I  have 
been  part  of  the  time  unable. 

WILLIAM  FORQUOR, 
Capt.  Mounted  Hoosiers,  6th  Reg.  Ind.  Leg. 


REPORT  OF  LT.  COL.  JAMES  F.  MCCURDY, 

SEVENTH  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


NEW  ALBANY,  July  22,  1863. 
Adjt.  Gen.  Laz.  Noble: 

GENERAL  : — In  compliance  with  instruction  from  you,  I  have  the 
honor  to  report  the  part  taken  by  the  men  under  my  command  during 
the  "Morgan  raid"  in  this  section  of  the  State.  On  Wednesday, 
the  8th  day  of  July,  1863,  information  reached  us  that  Morgan  was 


•  MORGAN   RAID. 

crossing  (with  a  considerable  force  of  mounted  men)  the  Ohio  river, 
at  Mauckport.  On  the  receipt  of  this  intelligence,  an  immediate  call 
was  made  for  men — the  Legion,  being  completely  disorganized,  could 
not  be  made  effective.  At  this  time  Col.  E.  A.  Maginness  was  in  com 
mand.  Very  little  progress  was  made  towards  organization  during 
the  day.  On  Wednesday  evening  Col.  Maginness  turned  over  the 
command  to  me.  On  Thursday  morning  I  received  an  order  from 
Gen.  Boyle,  Louisville,  Ky.,  to  make  an  immediate  enrollment  of  the 
militia. 

I  understood  this  order  to  mean  a  forcible  enrollment,  it  seeming 
the  only  mode  of  procedure  by  which  any  important  result  could  be 
accomplished. 

Thursday,  at  2  P.  M.,  more  men  were  enrolled  and  formed  into 
companies  than  could  be  furnished  with  arms. 

I  started  with  the  armed  men  to  Edwardsville,  to  co-operate  with 
some  Regular  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  one  section  of  a  Battery,  that 
had  preceded  us  to  that  point. 

The  enemy  was  supposed,  at  that  time,  to  be  advancing  on  the 
Cory  don  road  to  New  Albany,  having  already  compelled  the  surren 
der  of  Corydon.  Our  forces  at  Edwardsville  being  too  small  to 
assume  offensive  movements,  we  chose  a  strong  natural  position, 
hoping  to  hold  Morgan's  forces  in  check  until  reinforcements  reached 
us — thus  giving  the  Federal  forces  in  his  rear,  an  opportunity  to  close 
up  on  his  rear.  We  threw  out  pickets,  and  sent  out  mounted  scouts, 
holding  ourselves  in  readiness  for  any  alarm.  Early  on  the  morning 
of  the  10th,  the  scouts  brought  in  information  that  the  enemy  had 
left  Corydon,  and  were  moving  in  the  direction  of  Palmyra,  My 
command  was  immediately  ordered  back  to  New  Albany,  on  a 
forced  march.  We  passed  through  New  Albany  without  halting, 
and  took  position  on  the  Greenville  road.  We  remained  in 
this  position  until  Saturday  morning,  our  numbers  increasing,  by 
those  who  obtained  arms  after  we  first  left  the  city — a  supply  having 
arrived  sufficient  to  arm  companies  that  could  not  be  furnished  at  first. 

Saturday  morning,  about  10  o'clock,  we  were  ordered  to  move  up 
on  the  road  leading  to  Jeffersonville,  leaving  a  strong  picket  on  the 
Greenville  road.  We  were  stationed  on  the  Jeffersonville  road  about 
two  hours  when  we  were  ordered  to  change  to  the  Charlestown  road, 
as  that  appeared  to  be  the  most  exposed  point.  Pickets  and  mounted 
scouts  were  thrown  out  from  this  point  broadcast  through  the  sur 
rounding  country.  We  remained  camped  at  this  point  until  Tuesday 
evening,  when  the  command  was  ordered  to  the  city  and  dismissed. 


MORGAN   RAID.  45 

We  were  in  camp  six  days  and  five  nights.  The  number  of  men 
under  my  command  was  about  eight  hundred  (800)  not  including  some 
three  hundred  (300)  men  from  Crawford  county — Home  Guards  that 
reported  to  me  for  duty,  and  joined  my  camp  on  Saturday. 

I  may  add  that  Capts.  Knapp's  and  Snider's  batteries  were  pre 
vented  from  going  with  me  on  the  first  day— they  having  no  ammu 
nition  for  their  guns. 

Snider's  battery  was  with  me  after  the  first  day.  Capt.  Knapp 
with  his  battery  was  ordered  to  Jeffersonville  to  join  Col.  VVilley's 
Regiment.  One  company  of  Infantry,  from  this  city,  under  Capt. 
Johnson,  also  joined  Col.  Willey's  command. 

I  desire  to  make  mention  of  the  hearty  assistance  of  both  line  and 
field  officers.  Major  Naghel,  acting  Lieut.  Col.,  and  Capt.  Brown,  act 
ing  Major,  were  active  and  vigilant,  and  by  their  very  attentive  co 
operation,  greatly  assisted  me  in  all  the  duties  of  the  march  and  camp. 
During  the  time  we  were  out,  we  made  several  arrests  of  suspicious 
persons,  handing  them  over  to  the  Post  Commander. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  add,  that  orders  came  to  me  from  quite  a 
number  of  military  men,  and  it  was  at  times  difficult  to  tell  who  had 
command  of  the  troops.  I  endeavored  to  do  all  that  could  be  done, 
never  myself  raising  any  question  about  who  had  the  proper  author  • 
ity,  generally  acting  on  the  last  order  received. 

Respectfully, 

JAMES  F.  MCCURDY, 

Lieut.  Col.  Comd'g  ItJi  Reg. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  JOHN  F.  WILLEY, 

COMMANDING  STH  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  STH  REG.  IND.  LEG.,  "I 
Jeffersonville,  Dec.  12th,  1864.      ] 

Maj.  Wm.  T.  Jones,  A.  A.  G.  Gen.  Jordan's  Staff: 

SIR  : — In  accordance  with  your  orders   &c.,  I  have  the  honor  to 
report  for  1868 : 


46  MORGAN   RAID. 

We  had  five  battalions  and  were  called  into  service  by  order  of  the 
Governor,  June  20th,  to  meet  the  raid  under  Capt.  Hines.  June 
21st  relieved  from  duty. 

June  22d,  a  false  alarm;  was  sent  to  guard  White  River  bridge. 
June  24th,  dismissed  the  command. 

July  Cth,  1868;  called  into  service  by  Laz.  Noble,  Adj't.  Gen.  ren 
dezvoused  at  JefFersonville.  July  7th,  dismissed  the  command. 

July  8th;  met  at  Jeftersonville  to  repel  Morgan  raid;  were  in  line 
of  battle,  but  no  enemy  came.  July  15th,  relieved  from  duty  and 
command  dismissed. 

June  9th,  1864;  called  into  service  by  order  of  the  Governor  to 
meet  a  raid  in  Kentucky  by  Morgan ;  dismissed  June  15th. 

Aug.  10th:  called  company  A  and  H  to  picket  the  Ohio  river  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  Grassy  Flats  to  stop  guerrillas  from  crossing 
under  rebel  Jesse.  Pickets  fired  on  by  guerrillas — returned  the  fire 
but  no  one  hurt;  dismissed  Aug.  20th,  1864. 

We  have  had  two  battallion  drills  in  April,  1864,  one  regimental 
battalion  drill  in  May  and  one  in  October.  The  Regiment  is  well 
drilled  for  militia  and  are  ready  and  willing  to  turn  out  whenever 
called  on. 

I  hope  General,  you  will  use  your  influence  to  have  a  good  militia 
law  passed  this  winter  and  to  have  the  money  due  the  Legion  appro 
priated.  We  have  not  been  paid  for  any  services  as  yet,  but  hope 
we  will  be  soon. 

I  certify  upon  honor  that  the  above  is  a  true  report  of  the  opera 
tions  of  the  8th  Regiment  Indiana  Legion  for  1863  and  1864. 

JOHN  F.  WILLEY, 
Col.  OvmcCg  8th  Reg.  2nd.  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  G.  W.  COLCLAStJRE, 

CAPTAIM  COMMANDING  "VALLEEN   GUARDS,"  INDIANA  LEGION 

\  ~™ 

. 

HEADQUARTERS,  VALLEEN,  INDIANA, 

December  15, 1864.' 
. 
Brigadier  General  Jordan : 

SIR: — I  received  your  note,  requesting  me  to  give  the  proceedings 
of  the  Valleen  Guards  since  January  1st,  1863.  I  can  say  to. you. 
the  company  was  not  made  up  that  time. 

After  the  rebel  Captain  Hines  made  the  raid  through  here,  which 
was  about  the  20th  of  June,  1863,  we  held  the  first  meeting  for  the 
purpose  of  getting  up  the  company,  and  had  it  almost  made  up  when 
Morgan  came  through,  but  we  were  not  regularly  organized  at  that 
time ;  as  we  had  neither  elected  our  officers,  nor  had  we  been  sworn 
into  the  Legion,  but  we  were  out  on  both  the  Hines  and  Morgan 
raid. 

On  the  Hines  raid  we  gathered  together,  and  volunteered  our  ser 
vices  without  any  orders,  and  were  out  about  three  days. 

In  the  time  of  the  Morgan  raid  we  received  orders  from  Major 
Woodberry,  commander  at  Leavenworth  at  that  time,  or  at  least  the 
orders  were  said  to  have  come  from  him;  they  were  sent  verbally,  at 
any  rate. 

We  started  out  and  met  Morgan  at  Corydon,  and  remained  out 
after  him  five  days  and  a  half.  We  returned  home^  and  whilst  I  am 
giving  che  history,  I  will  say  here  that  previous  to  the  Morgan  raid 
there  was  a  false  alarm  raised,  which  started  us  out,  and  we  were  out 
that  time  one  and  a  half  days. 

We  elected  our  officers,  and  were  sworn  in  about  the  17th  of  July, 
1863.  I  believe  v,  e  have  had  no  calls  since  that  time  except  one,  and 
that  was  at  the  time  of  the  uprising  in  Greenfield  Township,  at  which 
time  I  received  orders,  (written,)  from  Colonel  Johnson.  The  com 
pany  was  under  arms,  and  doing  duty  ten  days. 


48  MORGAN    RAID. 

I  had  no  men  killed  or  wounded  in  any  of  the  raids.  I  had  a  quite 
-a  number  of  men  captured  by  Morgan ;  they  were  paroled  immedi 
ately,  but  can  not  give  the  number. 

Since  the  company  was  organized,  we  have  spent  twenty-five  days 
drilling. 

O.  W.  COLCLASURE, 
Captain  Commanding  Valleen  Guards. 


REPORT  OF  COLONEL  SAM.  B.  SERING, 

COMMANDING   9lH    REGIMENT,  (JEFFERSON    COUNTY)  INDIANA  L.EGION> 


To  Maj.  Gen.  J.  L.  Mansfield : 

SIR: — In  compliance  with  your  order  of  21st  inst.,  I  beg  to  submit 
the  following  Report  of  the  acts  of  my  regiment  since  1st  day  of 
January  1863.  At  that  time  the  organized  Legion  of  this- county 
consisted  of  four  companies  of  Infantry,  two  companies  of  cavalry,  and 
one  company  of  artillery,  all-armed  and  mostly  uniformed.  Previous 
to  this  date,  four  companies  of  Infantry  were  called  upon  to  guard  pris 
oners  of  war,  at  Indianapolis,  where  they  were  mustered  into  the 
service  of  the  United  States  for  a  period  of  three  months.  On  their 
return  home,  these  companies  were  disbanded  ;  other  companies  were 
organized  previous  to  this  date,  but  failing  to  be  provided  with  arms 
they  were  disbanded. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  organized  Legion  of  the  county,  the  cit 
izens  of  Madison  organized  eight  companies  of  Infantry,  (minute  men) 
and  tendered  their  services  to  repel  invasion  of  the  State.  During 
the  winter  and  spring  of  1863,  there  was  no  occasion  to  call  upon 
the  Legion  and  minute  men  to  perform  duty  along  this  portion  of 
the  border  until  about  8th  July,  when  information  was  communicated 
to  us  by  Gov.  Morton,  that  John  Morgan,  with  a  large  force,  had 
crossed  the  Ohio  river  at  Brandenburg,  and  was  marching  into  the 
interior  of  the  State.  I  also  received  orders  from  Gov.  Morton, 
directing  that  the  Legion  of  this  county  be  called  immediately  into 


EAir>.  4& 

Active  service,  and  to  hold  transports  ready  to  convey  them  to  New 
Albany.  All  the  companies  of  my  command  reported  promptly  for 
duty,  and  transports  were  held  in  readiness  to  convey  them  to  New 
Albany. 

On  the  5th  July  orders  were  received  from  headquarters  to  hold 
my  command  at  Madison— that  Morgan  was  moving  in  this  direc 
tion,  and  calling  upon  us  to  use  every  effort  to  check  his  progress 
and  to  prevent  him  crossing  the  river  at  this  point.  The  citizens  and 
minute  men  responded  promptly  to  the  call  of  the  Governor,  and  every 
preparation  made  to  defend  this  point  and  prevent  the  enemy  from 
crossing  into  Kentucky. 

On  Friday  the  6th  July,  Gov.  Morton  informed  me  by  telegraph,  that 
Morgan  had  crossed  the  Jeffersonville  Railroad  at  Vienna,  and  was 
moving  in  the  direction  of  Madison,  through  Lexington,  Scott  county, 
at  the  same  time  he  informed  us  that  reinforcements  would  be  sent  to 
this  point  as  rapidly  as  possible.  The  same  evening,  the  Legion  from 
Johnson  and  Bartholomew  counties  arrived,  numbering  some  400 
men.  Early  next  morning  we  were  further  re-inforced  by  a  regi 
ment  of  the  Legion  from  Switzerland  county,  numbering  500  men, 
also,  one  section  of  artillery  from  the  same  county — thus  furnishing 
us  a  force  of  about  2,000  men,  Infantry,  Cavalry  and  Artillery. 

A  company  of  Cavalry  had  been  dispatched  on  Friday  evening, 
in  the  direction  of  Vienna  with  instructions  to  proceed  until  they  met 
Morgan's  force  and  to  ascertain  the  direction  of  his  march.  Early 
Saturday  morning  a  messenger  from  our  cavalry,  informed  us  that 
Morgan's  force  rested  at  Lexington,  Scott  county,  some  18  miles  west 
from  this  place.  The  troops  were  immediately  called  into  line,  and 
after  making  the  necessary  details  for  duty  along  the  river  and  in 
the  city,  We  at  once  proceeded  on  the  road  leading  to  Lexington  and 
South  Hanover.  After  proceeding  some  5  miles  on  this  road  we  took 
a  strong  position  on  the  hills  covering  the  turnpike  road  to  Lexing 
ton,  and  also  the  road  to  South  Hanover,  with  about  1800  Infantry 
and  4  pieces  Artillery. 

This  position  was  greatly  strengthened  by  obstructions  thrown 
across  the  roads,  and  by  falling  trees  in  the  immediate  vicinity,  which 
afforded  a  good  shelter  in  case  of  an  action.  These  precautionary 
and  valuable  preparations  were  made  by  the  citizens  under  the  imme 
diate  direction  of  Hon.  D.  C.  Branham. 

Getting  our  small  force  into  the  best  possible  position  we  waited 
for  the  appearance  of  the  enemy,  who  we  presumed  would  attempt 
to  pass  through  our  lines  on  the  turnpike  road  leading  to  the  river. 

M,  R.— 4 


50  SfOKGAtf  RAID. 


Until  late  in  the  afternoon,  we  were  much  annoyed  by  uncertain 
and  contradictory  reports  from  our  scouts  in  front.  Morgan's  forces 
were  reported  on  every  road  leading  in  this  direction,  and  until  late 
in  the  afternoon  we  were  not  advised  that  his  main  column  was  mov 
ing  to  the  north  of  us,  and  thus  threatening  to  enter  the  city  from 
the  north  side.  Ascertaining  that  his  whole  force  had  gone  in  this 
direction,  at  12  o'clock  Saturday  night,  we  got  our  force  into  column 
and  marched  in  the  direction  of  North  Madison,  distant  6  miles. 

The  night  being  exceedingly  dark,  we  did  not  reach  that  point 
until  daylight  Sunday  morning.  Soon  after  arriving  at  this  point, 
our  scouts  came  in  and  reported  Mogan's  forces  again  on  the  roads 
leading  to  North  Madison.  Our  troops  were  immediately  thrown 
into  line  of  battle,  and  every  preparation  made  to  give  them  a  warm 
reception.  Later  in  the  day  it  was  ascertained  that  the  enemy  was 
moving  in  the  direction  of  Versailles,  Ripley  county,  but  fearing  that 
he  might  suddenly  change  his  direction,  our  troops  were  kept  in  line, 
resting  on  their  arms,  until  Monday  morning,  when  learning  that  the 
enemy  was  moving  east,  we  went  into  camp  at  North  Madison  where 
we  remained  until  the  16th  July,  when  the  troops  were  dismissed 
from  service  by  order  of  Gov.  Morton. 

From  this  period  until  the  close  of  1863,  the  Legion  of  this  county 
were  not  again  called  into  active  service,  but  occasional  demonstra 
tions  by  small  parties  of  guerrillas  in  Kentucky,  opposite  this  point, 
required  an  occasional  guard  along  the  river,  ^and  almost  constant 
watchfulness  on  the  part  of  the  officers  of  the  Legion. 

During  the  fall  of  1863  one  company  of  cavalry  was  organized  in 
this  county  and  was  added  to  my  command,  thus  giving  us  on  the  1st 
of  January,  1864,  a  force  of  3  companies  of  cavalry,  4  companies  of 
infantry,  and  1  company  of  artillery  of  Legion.  From  this  period 
until  the  9th  of  June,  1864,  the  Legion  of  this  county  were  not 
called  into  active  service.  On  that  day  I  received  an  order  from 
Gov.  Morton,  to  immediately  assemble  my  command  and  hold  them 
subject  to  further  orders.  The  companies  of  my  command  promptly 
responded  to  the  call,  and  on  the  12th  day  of  June,  I  was  directed 
to  secure  transportation  by  the  river  and  be  in  readiness  to  embark 
my  command  for  Jeffersonville.  Boats  were  secured  and  we  remained 
here  under  these  orders  until  June  15th,  1864,  when  by  order  of  the 
Governor,  the  command  was  dismissed  and  sent  to  their  homes.  Dur 
ing  this  service  it  was  found  necessary  to  guard  closely  the  border  along 
the  front  of  our  county,  in  consequence  of  the  presence  of  a  Confeder 
ate  force  in  Trimble  and  Henry  counties,  Kentucky,  under  the  com- 


MORGAN    RAID.  51 

mand  of  "  Col."  Jesse.  Upon  this,  as  well  as  upon  all  other  occasions, 
the  Legion  of  this  county  were  prompt  to  respond  to  the  call  of  the 
Governor,  although  at  a  season  of  the  year  when  the  crops  of  the  coun 
try  required  the  constant  attention  of  the  farmers,  and  their  absence 
from  home  at  this  time  was  a  matter  of  serious  loss  to  them.  Since 
that  time  until  the  present  writing  we  have  been  in  a  constant  state 
of  suspense  in  consequence  of  the  presence  of  parties  of  guerrillas 
in  the  counties  opposite  this  place,  and  their  frequent  approaches  to 
the  river. 

Neither  the  citizens  of  Madison,  nor  the  city  authorities  have  evinced 
that  interest  which  the  circumstances  around  them  would  demand,  but 
seem  almost  lost  to  any  sense  of  danger,  and  our  city  is  suffered  to 
remain  exposed  and  liable  to  attacks  of  the  enemy,  and  would  be 
easily  captured  whenever  they  are  disposed  to  make  the  effort.  Re 
cently  a  small  band  of  guerrillas  have  visited  Carrolton,  twelve  jniles 
above,  Garrit's  Landing,  fifteen  miles  below,  Spring  Creek,  eight 
miles  below,  and  even  Milton,  just  opposite  this  city,  and  from  all 
these  points  have  fired  upon  passing  boats.  The  steamer  Boston, 
Capt.  David,  plying  between  this  place  and  Cincinnati,  has  been  fired 
upon  by  this  band  several  times  during  the  past  week.  At  the  solici 
tation  of  Capt.  David,  I  provided  him  with  thirty-seven  muskets  and 
ammunition,  and  on  his  upward  trip  he  was  again  fired  upon ;  he 
returned  the  fire  and  drove  the  guerrillas  in  confusion.  On  Friday 
last,  learning  that  this  boat  would  probably  be  attacked  by  a  larger 
force,  at  the  request  of  Capt.  David,  I  sent  on  board  one  of  our  can 
non,  with  cannister,  shells,  &c.,  under  the  command  of  Lieut.  Craw 
ford,  of  Western  Artillery  Company,  with  instructions  to  fire  upon 
the  guerrillas  wherever  seen.  The  boat  has  returned  without  meet 
ing  with  the  guerrillas ;  she  will,  however,  retain  the  gun  a  few  days 
longer. 

The  organized  Legion  of  this  county  consists,  at  this  time,  of  four 
companies  of  infantry,  three  companies  of  cavalry,  and  one  company 
of  artillery.  All  of  these  companies  are  small,  and  in  consequence 
of  the  recent  draft,  and  the  enlistment  of  the  men  in  the  regular 
service,  it  requires  constant  exertion  on  the  part  of  the  officers  to% 
keep  up  an  organization.  These  companies  have  all  uniformed  them 
selves  (and  some  of  them  more  than  once),  have  drilled  regularly, 
with  few  exceptions,  and  have  done  much  duty,  for  which  they  have 
received  a  very  small  compensation. 

Before  closing  this  report,  allow  me  to  express  the  hope  that  the 
convening  Legislature  will  adopt  some  means  for  the  better  defense 


52  MORGAN  RAID. 

of  the  border  counties  and  the  State,  and  a  more  complete  and  effi 
cient  organization  of  the  militia  of  the  State. 

Under  the  present  inefficient  law,  the  organization  of  the  Legion 
is  small,  and,  I  am  informed,  mostly  confined  to  the  border  counties, 
where  their  services  are  frequently  required,  and  they  are  called 
upon  to  perform  military  duty,  and  to  guard  the  State  against  inva 
sion,  while  the  citizens  of  the  interior  of  the  State  are  seldom  called 
upon  to  do  military  duty.  It  would,  perhaps,  be  difficult  to  provide 
a  law  that  would  fully  remedy  this  objection,  but  means  might  be 
provided  to  better  compensate  those  doing  service  on  the  border  than 
the  present  law  provides. 

I  make  the  above  remarks,  knowing  that  I  express  the  views  of 
the  officers  and  men  of  my  command,  as  often  expressed  by  them, 
but  would  not  be  understood  as  offering  complaints  for  the  past — 
only  desiring  a  better  condition  of  affairs  in  the  future. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

SAM.  B.  SEEING, 
Col  Comd'g  9th  Ind.  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  BRIG.  GEN.  A.  C.  DOWNEY, 

COMMANDING  4TH  BRIGADE  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  4TH  BRIGADE,  INDIANA  LEGION,  ) 
Rising  Sun,  August  20,  1864.      / 

Laz.  Noble,  Adjutant  General: 

I  make  the  following  report  of  the  services  rendered  by  the  forces 
under  my  command  during  the  Morgan  invasion : 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  9th  of  July,  1863,  I  received  orders  from 
his  Excellency,  the  Governor,  to  have  all  the  Legion  under  my  com 
mand  sent  to  Seymour,  by  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  railroad. 


MORGAN  RAID.  53 

I  immediately  communicated  the  order  to  Col.  G.  H.  Burkham,  of 
Dearborn,  by  telegraph ;  and  Col.  Williams,  of  Ohio  county,  being 
absent  from  the  city,  I  dispatched  messengers  to  the  Captains  of  the 
companies  in  his  regiment,  directing  them  to  report  to  him  at  Aurora. 
Soon  after,  Col.  Williams  returned,  and  I  informed  him  of  what  I 
had  done,  and  directed  him  to  report,  with  his  forces,  at  Seymour. 
Early  on  the  morning  of  the  10th,  the  forces  of  Col.  Williams  and 
those  of  Col.  Burkham  were  on  the  railroad  ready  to  embark,  but 
transportation  was  not  supplied  until  about  12  o'clock,  when  they 
started  for  their  destination.  On  the  morning  of  the  10th  I  was 
directed  by  you  to  have  the  companies  go  on  to  Mitchell,  which  order 
I  gave  to  Col.  Williams  at  Aurora,  and  Col.  Burkham  at  Lawrence- 
burgh,  by  telegraph,  before  they  started  from  those  points.  When 
it  is  known  that  most  of  the  forces  in  this  county,  and  many  of  those 
in  Dearborn,  are  farmers,  and  that  they  were  then  engaged  in  har 
vesting  their  crops,  and  that  all  of  them  were  destitute  of  everything 
essential  to  the  comfort  or  convenience  of  men  in  actual  service,  the 
promptness  and  cheerfulness  with  which  they  responded  to  the  call 
are  worthy  of  the  highest  praise.  After  my  forces  had  been  thus 
sent  to  Mitchell,  I  was,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  10th,  ordered  by  his 
Excellency,  the  Governor,  to  report,  with  the  Legion  from  Dearborn, 
Ohio  and  Switzerland  counties,  at  Madison  immediately,  as  it  Was 
supposed  that  Morgan  would  try  to  get  out  that  way.  As  I  did 
not  notify  the  Governor  of  any  compliance  with  the  former  orders, 
this  one  was  probably  given  under  the  supposition  that  my  forces 
had  not  yet  been  sent  away.  I  communicated  this  order  to  Col. 
Keeney,  of  Switzerland,  and  attempted  to  communicate  it  to  Col 
onels  Williams  and  Burkham,  but  it  was  not  received  by  them,  they 
being  then  in  the  neighborhood  of  Seymour  or  Yernon.  I  did  not 
report  in  person  at  Madison  for  a  reason  then  communicated  to  the 
Governor.  The  accompanying  report  of  Col.  Williams  will  show 
the  part  which  his  regiment  took,  and  also  in  part  the  services  ren 
dered  by  Col.  Burkham' s  regiment,  from  which  I  have  as  yet  received 
no  report.  On  the  12th,  on  receiving  information  that  the  enemy 
w.'is  moving  in  the  direction  of  Cincinnati,  scouts  and  parts  of  armed 
men,  to  obstruct  his  progress,  were  sent  out  by  me,  who  furnished 
accurate  information  of  his  position  and  movements.  This  I  com 
municated  to  General  Manson,  then  at  Carrolton,  Kentucky,  by  tele 
graph,  and  the  General  in  person,  on  his  arrival  here,  at  about  2 
o'clock,  A.  M.,  of  the  13th.  At  this  hour  Morgan  was  resting  his 
forces  at,  or  near,  Milan,  in  Ripley  county.  Believing  that  General 


54 


MORGAN    RAID. 


Manson  and  the  gunboats  were  able  to  prevent  him  from  crossing  the 
river,  should  he  attempt  it,  that  there  was  force  sufficient  on  his  left  to 
prevent  him  from  going  farther  into  the  interior,  and  that  there  was  a 
sufficient  force  in  bis  rear  to  prevent  Jiim  from  retracing  his  steps,  I  was 
in  hopes  that  a  force  had  been  sent  from  Cincinnati  strong  enough  to 
resist  his  progress  in  that  direction,  and  thus  compel  him  to  come  to 
a  stand.     But  this,  for  sufficient  reason,   no  doubt,  was  not  done. 
The  policy  of  the  rebel  commander  seemed  to  be  to  avoid  an  engage 
ment.     Had  this  not  been  the  case  he  would  hardly  have  passed 
round  our  forces  at  Vernon  and  refused  to  fight  them.     The  very 
daring  and  seeming  recklessness   of  the  invasion  of  our  State,  so 
different  from  most  military  enterprises  rendered  ordinary  calcula 
tions  or  conclusions  of  no  avail.     Most  persons  supposed  that  he 
would  get  out  of  the  State  not  far  above  the  point  where  he  came  in. 
Our  forces  were,  in  consequence,  concentrated  at  points  too  far  south, 
and  not  being  mounted,  were  soon  left  by  him  far  in  the  rear.     His 
progress  was  more  like  a  retreat,  however,  than  like  a  hostile  and 
victorious  march.     There  was,  probably,  no  time  while  he  was  in  this 
part  of  the  State  that  he  could  have  remained  in  one  place  for  forty- 
eight  hours  without  having  been  overwhelmed  by  armed  forces.     If 
we  are  to  have  a  repetition  of  raids  into  our  State,  it  is  very  impor 
tant  that  we  have  more  mounted  forces  and  a  better  supply  of  field 
artillery  in  this  part  of  the  State. 

I  wish  to  bear  testimony  to  the  readiness  of  the  citizens  in  this 
part  of  the  State,  without  reference  to  party,  to  render  the  services 
asked  of  them  in  expelling   the  enemy  from  the   State.     If  I  shall 
receive  a  report  from  Col.  Burkham  I  will  forward  it  to  you. 
Very  respectfully  yours, 

A.  C.  DOWNEY, 

General  4th  Brigade. 


REPORT  OF  COLONEL  H.  T.  WILLIAMS, 

HTH  REGIMENT,  4in  BRIGADE,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  HTH  REG.,  4TH  BRIG.,  IND.  LEGION,  ) 
Rising  Sun,  Ind.,  July  19,  1863.      / 

To  Brig.  Gen.  A.  C.  Downey,  commanding  4th  Brigade: 

I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  as  a  report  of  the  part 
taken,  and  duty  performed,  by  my  command  in  the  recent  laborious 
and  exciting  chase  after  Morgan  and  his  raiders  : 

It  will  be  remembered  that  you  ordered  me,  on  Friday,  July  10th, 
to  proceed  with  my  command  to  Mitchell.  Arriving  at  Seymour, 
Gen.  Love,  then  in  command  of  that  post,  ordered  me  to  proceed  no 
further.  On  Sunday,  the  llth  of  July,  was  ordered  by  Gen.  Love 
to  proceed  to  Madison  by  rail,  on  the  same  train  with  Col.  Burkham, 
and  was  informed  by  Gen.  Love's  Adjutant  that  in  case  of  any  diffi 
culty  occurring,  the  command  of  both  his  and  my  regiments  would 
devolve  upon  me  as  ranking  officer.  At  North  Vernon  we  were 
informed  that  the  enemy  were  within  four  miles  of  old  Vernon,  and 
marching  on  that  place  in  force.  We  requested  the  telegraph  opera 
tor  to  inform  Gen.  Love  of  the  state  of  things  at  this  point,  and  in  a 
few  minutes  a  telegram  was  received  from  him  ordering  us  not  to 
proceed  further.  After  forming  my  command  in  line,  we  marched 
immediately  south  of  North  Vernon  to  a  grove.  I  then  returned  to 
the  depot  and  asked  Col.  Burkham  what  disposition  he  thought  we 
had  better  make  of  our  forces.  He  remarked  that  we  had  better 
defend  the  railroad  property  at  North  Vernon,  to  which  I  replied 
that  I  thought  the  town  of  old  Vernon  and  the  bridges  of  that  place 
of  equal  importance  to  those  of  North  Vernon,  and  far  more  exposed, 
and  that  it  was  certainly  our  duty  to  save  the  place  and  bridges  if 
possible.  I  then  told  Col.  Burkham  that  he  must  detach  from  his 
^command  two  pieces  of  artillery  and  one  company  of  infantry,  to  be 


56  MORGAN   RAIfr. 

attached  to  my  command,  and  that  he  might  remain  at  North  Ver 
non,  and  I  would  proceed  to  old  Vernon.  The  detached  forces,  con 
sisting  of  Capt.  Giegoldt's  and  Capt.  Pholing's  companies,  and  the 
two  pieces  of  artillery  from  Capt.  Miller's  battery,  both  from  Aurora^ 
moved  promptly  forward  and  joined  my  command.  Leaving  them  in 
command  of  Capt.  J.  C.  Wells,  (senior  officer,)  I  proceeded  forward, 
accompanied  by  Major  Lostutter,  of  the  llth,  and  Capt.  Wright,  of 
Aurora,  to  examine  the  situation  and  select  a  position.  After  satis 
fying  myself  as  to  the  best  position  for  defense,  I  dispatched  an 
officer  back  to  hurry  the  troops  forward  with  all  possible  speed.  As 
fast  as  they  arrived  I  busied  myself  in  placing  them  in  position ;  but 
before  they  had  all  reached  the  place  designated  for  them  to  occupy, 
a  flag  of  truce  was  announced,  demanding  the  surrender  of  the  town, 
to  which  I  replied  that  "I  was  abundantly  able  to  hold  the  place, 
and  if  Gen.  Morgan  got  it,  he  must  take  it  by  hard  fighting."  I 
immediately  sent  Lieut.  Williams,  one  of  my  officers,  back  to  North 
Vernon,  ordering  Col.  Burkham  forward  to  my  support.  'Before  the 
return  of  the  courier,  a  second  flag  of  truce  was  announced,  asking 
a  reconsideration  of  my  former  decision.  The  bearer  of  the  flag,  as 
I  conceived,  having  violated  the  privilege  of  a  flag  of  truce  in 
approaching  nearer  our  lines  than  is  warranted  by  military  usage,  I 
refused  to  receive  any  communication  from  him,  and  left  him  in 
charge  of  two  of  my  officers.  Just  at  this  time  my  courier  returned, 
informing  me  that  he  did  not  see  Col.  Burkham,  but  that  Gen.  Love 
was  advancing,  and  had  anticipated  my  orders,  sending  me  word  to 
hold  the  place  by  all  means ;  and  furthermore,  that  he  would  be  there 
in  twenty  minutes.  I  sent  back  word  to  the  head  of  Gen.  Love's 
column,  asking  him  to  come  immediately  to  my  headquarters  so  as  to 
dispose  of  the  bearer  of  the  flag  of  truce.  Within  the  twenty  min 
utes  Gen.  Love  came  forward,  and  after  informing  him  of  the  cir 
cumstances  connected  with  the  flag  of  truce  which  prompted  me  to 
decline  any  communication  with  the  bearer,  I  accompanied  him  to 
Capt.  Taylor,  of  Morgan's  staff,  the  bearer  of  the  flag.  After  a  short 
interview  between  the  parties,  Gen.  Love  ordered  me  to  have  him 
escorted  beyond  our  lines.  I  designated  Lieut.  Williams  for  the 
service,  who  promptly  performed  the  duty  assigned  him. 

Gen.  Love  and  myself,  having  inspected  the  several  points  where 
my  men  were  posted,  I  was  ordered  to  proceed  under  a  flag  of  truce 
to  the  enemy's  lines  to  ask  a  delay  of  hostilities  for  two  hours  in 
which  to  remove  the  women  and  children  from  the  town.  After  a 
detention  of  an  hour  and  a  half,  I  was  informed  that  thirty  minutes- 


MORGAN   KAD>.  57 

would  be  given  for  the  purpose  mentioned,  and  fifteen  minutes  addi 
tional  in  which  to  reach  our  lines,  as  his  guns  were  in  position  and 
that  we  had  sufficient  knowledge  that  the  place  was  already  fully 
invested.  From  the  demonstrations  made  by  the  enemy,  all  were 
confident  that  he  would  attack  us  at  the  expiration  of  the  time  speci 
fied,  and  we  awaited  in  silence  and  readiness  for  the  conflict  to  begin,, 
but  were  sadly  disappointed  in  our  expectations — our  enemy  evidently 
having  concluded  to  march  for  a  more  congenial  locality.  We 
remained  at  Vernon  until  Sunday  evening,  when,  in  pursuance  of 
orders,  we  marched  to  North  Vernon.  Here  we  remained  until  after 
12  o'clock  on  Monday,  when  we  received  orders  to  embark  on  the 
cars  for  Osgood.  The  next  morning,  Tuesday,  14th,  our  whole  force 
started  on  foot  to  Sunman,  a  station  on  the  Indianapolis  and  Cincin 
nati  railroad,  distance  about  twenty-eight  miles.  Our  men,  through 
the  hot  sun  and  over  dusty  roads,  pressed  vigorously  on  with  but 
little  complaint.  Here  we  remained  until  Thursday,  16th,  when  we 
received  orders  to  return  home. 

In  conclusion,  I  have  no  special  commendation  to  bestow  on  any 
one  at  Vernon.  All  seemed  imbued  with  the  importance  of  present 
ing  a  bold  and  steady  front  to  the  enemy.  Too  much  praise  cannot 
be  bestowed  on  the  men  of  my  command,  as  well  as  those  attached 
to  it  from  Col.  Burkham's  command,  for  the  promptness  with  which 
they  obeyed  every  order.  I  feel  under  special  obligations  to  Capt. 
H.  F.  Wright,  of  Aurora,  late  of  the  3d  Indiana  cavalry,  for  the  val 
uable  assistance  rendered  me  in  the  selection  of  a  position  for  defense,. 
and  the  prompt  occupation  of  those  points  by  the  forces  under  my 
command. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

H.   T.  WILLIAMS, 
Col.  Comd'g  llth  Eeg^  *dh  Brig.y  Ind<  Legion*. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  HARRIS  KEENEY, 

lOin  REGIMENT,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  IOTH  INDIANA  LEGION,  1 
Vevay,  Dec.  14th,  1864.      / 

General  J.  L.  Mansfield: 

DEAR  SIR  : — In  accordance  with  your  order  I  would  respectfully 
make  the  following  report  of  the  doings,  &c.,  of  the  10th  Regiment 
Indiana  Legion  since  it  has  been  under  my  command : 

On  the  10th  day  of  July,  1863,  I  received  a  telegram  from  Adju 
tant  General  Noble,  at  4J  o'clock,  P.  M.,  ordering  me  to  report,  with 
my  regiment,  to  the  commander  of  the  post  at  Madison.  I  immedi 
ately  sent  couriers  to  the  commanders  of  the  companies  to  report 
without  delay  at  their  headquarters — except  company  "D,"  Captain 
Bassett,  who  was  as  near  Madison  as  Vevay ;  I  ordered  him  to  report 
at  once  at  Madison,  which  he  did  with  his  entire  company  at  8 
o'clock  A.  M.,  July  llth.  I  sent  company  "A"— artillery,  two 
guns,  Lieut.  Holden  commanding — to  Madison  the  same  evening, 
July  10th.  Early  in  the  morning  of  July  llth  the  balance  of  the 
regiment  had  reported  to  me,  and  were  ready  to  start  for  Madison— 
except  company  "  I,"  Capt.  Hicks,  who  had  about  twenty-five  miles 
to  travel  and  failed  to  arrive  in  time  to  accompany  us  on  the  steam 
boat  Bostonia,  which  had  been  sent  to  convey  us  to  Madison.  We 
embarked  about  five  hundred  strong — not  including  the  artillery  and 
company  "D" — arrived  at  North  Madison  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  and 
went  into  camp  at  Camp  Noble,  where,  altogether,  we  numbered 
about  seven  hundred  men.  On  leaving  Vevay  I  left  Major  H.  B. 
Sheets  to  take  charge  of  any  forces  which  might  arrive  after  our 
departure ;  also  of  the  companies  of  Minute  Men  which  were  form 
ing  for  duty.  Company  "  I,"  arriving  after  our  departure,  went  on 
duty, at  Vevay,  in  connection  with  the  companies  formed  for  the 


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emergency.  I  may  say  here,  that  through  the  efficiency  of  Major 
Sheets  and  Captain  Hicks,  together  with  Lieutenants  Walker  and 
Gordon  of  company  "  I,"  a  great  deal  of  trouble  was  prevented  here 
on  account  of  some  rebel  sympathizers.  On  Sunday  morning,  July 
12th,  Col.  Sering  (9th  regiment)  ordered  me  to  take  my  regiment, 
together  with  a  battalion  from  Johnson  county,  Col.  Lambertson,  and 
march  from  Camp  Noble  to  Wirt — six  miles — it  having  been  reported 
that  some  of  Morgan's  men  had  been  at  that  place  early  that  morn- 
ino1.  In  obedience  to  said  order  we  moved.  Not  finding  the  enemy 
at  Wirt,  we  turned  to  the  right  and  crossed  the  Madison  and  Indian 
apolis  railroad  at  Wirt  Station,  and  struck  the  Michigan  road  about 
seven  miles  north  of  Madison,  where,  according  to  arrangements,  I 
expected  to  have  met  the  9th  regiment,  but  that  regiment  had  stopped 
and  formed  a  line  of  battle  across  the  Michigan  road  just  east  of 
North  Madison. 

Being  without  any  further  orders,  and  not  knowing  the  disposition 
of  the  other  forces,  I  called  a  halt,  and  dispatched  a  courier  to  the 
headquarters  of  Col.  Sering  for  orders  what  to  do.  In  answer,  he 
ordered  me  back  to  camp  without  having  seen  anything  of  the  enemy. 

Had  we — as  I  wanted  to  do— taken  our  forces  and  moved  out  in 
the  morning  on  the  Michigan  road,  we  would  have  certainly  been  able 
at  least  to  have  cut  off  the  rear  of  Morgan's  forces  at  or  about  Bry- 
antsburg.  Had  we  encountered  the  rebels,  I  have  confidence  that 
the  men  under  my  command  would  have  acted  their  part  well.  We 
remained  at  Camp  Noble  for  two  or  three  days  and  received  orders 
to  march  for  home,  the  danger  being  over  in  that  vicinity,  which 
order  was  promptly  obeyed,  as  was  the  order  for  marching  to  the 
threatened  danger,  all  feeling  well  satisfied,  but  greatly  disappointed 
in  not  meeting  the  enemy. 

In  the  recent  threatened  raid  under  Morgan,  there  was  but  little 
done  by  the  Legion  here.  By  order  of  the  Governor  I  notified  the 
Captains  to  hold  themselves  in  readiness  to  march  on  short  notice. 
Not  considering  it  necessary  to  call  all  to  guard  duty,  I  ordered  two 
companies — Captains  Pavey's  and  Siebenthal's — to  do  that  duty? 
which  order  was  promptly  obeyed.  They  were  on  duty  four  days, 
when  the  danger  of  invasion  having  passed,  they  were  discharged. 
I  would  say  here,  for  the  most  of  the  officers  and  men  of  the  regi 
ment,  that  they  merit  praise  for  the  promptness  in  which  they  have 
answered  the  calls  in  assisting  to  repel  invasion,  and  for  regimental 
and  battalion  drill. 

In  regard  to  the  present  organization  of  the  Legion,  it  is  not  as 


MORGAN   RAID. 


strong  in  numbers  as  it  was  when  I  took  command  of  this  regiment, 
m  consequence  of  great  numbers  of  the  men  and  officers  volunteer 
ing  into  the  United  States  service.  One  company  ("B")  alone  hav 
ing  furnished  some  sixty-five  recruits  to  the  United  States  service, 
and  numbers  having  moved,  while  some  have  passed  the  age  of  mili 
tary  duty,  so  that  instead  of  having  nine  hundred  and  fifty  men,  as 
at  first,  we  now  only  have  about  four  hundred  and  fifty.  I  hope  that 
you  will  lay  the  matter  before  our  next  Legislature  and  have  the  laws 
so  amended  that  all  who  are  of  the  proper  age  will  be  compelled  to 
attach  themselves  to  some  regular  military  organization,  so  that  the 
burden  of  guard  duty  will  not  fall  on  a  few  men  to  guard  others' 
property,  while  they  are  permitted  to  rest  secure  and  are  not  required 
to  expose  their  precious  lives  to  the  cold  and  to  the  enemy. 
Respectfully,  yours. 

HARRIS  KEENEY, 

Col.  10th  Ind.  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  JOHN  A.  PLATTER, 

COMMANDING   12TH    REGIMENT,  INDIANA   LEGION. 


AURORA,  IND.,  December  15th,  1864. 
GENERAL  MANSFIELD,  Commanding  Indiana  Legion: 

GENERAL  :— In  compliance  with  your  request  I  submit  the  follow 
ing  report  of  services  rendered  by  the  12th  Regiment  of  Indiana 
Legion.  Owing  to  the  absence  of  former  officers  my  report  has  been 
unavoidably  delayed.  I  hope,  however,  it  will  be  in  time. 

The  12th  Regiment,  under  command  of  Colonel  J.  H.  Burkham, 
was  called  out  July  9th,  1863,  during  the  Morgan  raid,  under  orders 
to  repair  to  Mitchell,  Indiana ;  but  upon  arriving  at  Seymour  the 
regiment  was  ordered  on  picket  duty  by  General  Love,  commanding 
at  that  place,  in  which  capacity  it  rendered  service  until  the  llth, 
when  it  was  ordered  to  Madison,  Ind.  But  on  arriving  at  North 


MORGAN   RAID.  61 

Vernon  the  enemy  were  reported  menacing  the  town  of  Old  Vernon. 
Colonel  Burkham  here  received  orders  from  Gov.  Morton  to  hold 
North  Vernon  at  all  hazards  until  reinforcements  arrived.  The  regi 
ment  was  soon  formed  in  line  of  battle,  and  so  remained  until  rein 
forcements  came  up.  Reinforcements  having  arrived  the  regiment, 
in  connection  with  other  troops,  moved  in  the  direction  of  Old  Ver 
non,  arriving  there  just  in  time  to  save  the  place  from  the  ravage  of 
the  vandals  under  John  Morgan. 

It  was  soon  ascertained  that  the  enemy  was  moving  in  the  direc 
tion  of  Aurora  or  Lawrenceburg,  and  the  regiment  was  now  ordered 
to  take  the  train,  and  if  possible  gain  his  advance  at  Lawrenceburg,  or 
some  place  on  the  Indianapolis  and  Cincinnati  Railroad ;  but  in  con 
sequence  of  unavoidable  delay  on  the  road,  the  enemy  had  crossed  at 
Van  Wedden's  station  an  hour  previous  to  the  arrival  of  the  regiment 
at  that  place.  It  was  now  considered  useless  for  an  infantry  regiment 
to  further  pursue  a  mounted  enemy,  and  in  view  of  the  heavy  servi 
ces  performed  by  the  regiment,  and  their  fatigued  condition,  Colonel 
Burkham  was  ordered  to  report  to  Colonel  Gavin,  at  Lawrenceburg, 
where  the  regiment  performed  picket  duty  until  the  15th,  when  it  was 
discharged  from  further  service.  Captain  Miller  and  Company,  of 
Aurora,  with  four  pieces  of  artillery,  accompanied  the  regiment,  and 
performed  duty  with  credit  to  themselves. 

Lieut.  Col.  John  F.  Cheek,  late  of  7th  Regiment,  and  Captain  EL 
F.  Wrignt,  late  of  3d  Cavalry,  volunteered  their  services  and  accom 
panied  the  regiment,  rendering  valuable  service.  The  regiment  is  in 
rather  an  inefficient  condition — poorly  equipped.  The  companies 
need  to  be  re-organized.  It  is  my  intention  to  make  this  an  efficient 
regiment,  if  our  incoming  Legislature  will  give  us  an  efficient  mili 
tary  law.  I  have  reason  to  hope  they  will  see  the  great  necessity  of 
such  a  law  as  will  enable  us  to  thoroughly  organize  the  Legion. 

Trusting  that  this  may  be  the  case, 

I  am  General,  very  truly, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  A.  PLATTER, 
Colonel  \Wi  Regiment,  Indiana  Legion* 


REPORT  OF  COLONEL  LAWRENCE  S.  SHULER, 

COMMANDING   103D  BEGIMENT    INDIANA    MILITIA. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  July  20th,  1863. 
Laz.  Noble,  Adjutant  General  State  of  Indiana  : 

I  have  the  honor  to  report  to  you  the  following  as  the  proceedings 
of  my  command  while  chasing  John  Morgan  through  the  States  of 
Indiana  ?md  Ohio. 

The  command  proceeded  from  Indianapolis,  by  order  of  General 
Carrington,  on  the  evening  of  Saturday,  July  the  10th,  and  arrived 
at  Vernon,  Indiana,  at  3  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  llth  instant. 
At  that  place  I  was  ordered,  by  Major  General  Lew  Wallace,  to  mount 
as  many  of  my  men  as  possible,  and  follow  Morgan  vigorously  as  long 
as  he  was  within  the  State  lines. 

In  pursuance  of  said  order  I  mounted  one  hundred  and  forty-six 
men,  and  at  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  said  day  started  in  pursuit. 
At  5  o'clock,  P  M.,  of  July  the  llth,  we  overtook  Brig.  Gen.  Hob- 
son's  command,  who  had  been  following  him  ior  some  days.     I  imme 
diately  sent  forward  and  ascertained  that  it  was  General  Hobson's 
wish  that  I  should  take  the   advance  of  his   column.     I  ordered  my 
men  forward,  and  took  the  advance  at  about  11  o'clock,  on  July  the 
12th.     I  pressed  forward  as  rapidly  as  possible,  and  succeeded  in 
reaching  Morgan's  rear  guard  about  5  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.     After 
picking  up  several  stragglers  we  came  up  with  the  main  body  of  the 
enemy's  rear  at  Harrison,  which  is  situated  on  the  line  of  Indiana 
and  Ohio.     There  we  found  the  bridge  over  the  Whitewater  burned. 
After  firing  several  shots  at  the  enemy  across  the  river,  we  forded  it 
and  took  possession  of  Harrison.     At  that  place,  our  men  being 
greatly  fatigued,  we  rested  for  a  few  hours.     At  5  o'clock,  on  the 
morning  of  the  13th,  we  again  resumed  the  chase.     He  having  been 
so  hotly  pursued  on  the  day  previous,  marched  rapidly  all  night  and 


MORGAN  RAID.  6& 

was  twenty-five  miles  in  the  advance.  I  followed  him  as  far  as  Bata- 
via,  Ohio,  and  finding  the  citizens  willing  to  protect  their  own  State, 
commenced  my  return  from  that  point. 

But  few  points  were  visited  along  the  line  where  we  did  not  find 
the  most  extravagant  demonstrations  of  joy  at  the  arrival  of  qur  own 
troops  and  the  departure  of  Morgan's  band  of  horse  thieves  and  rob 
bers.  At  Batavia,  and  other  points  along  the  line,  we  were  met  by 
many  true  patriots,  who  cheered  the  soldiers  on,  and  were  unbounded 
in  their  hospitality.  Mr.  Swing,  on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Bata 
via,  thanked  the  soldiers  of  Indiana,  in  the  most  feeling  terms,  for 
their  gallant  efforts  in  driving  the  enemy  from  their  own  State,  and 
offering  themselves  for  the  defence  of  another.  In  behalf  of  the 
State  of  Indiana,  my  fellow-citizens,  P.  S.  Kennedy,  of  Danville, 
Sol.  Blair,  of  Plainfield,  and  Lieut.  T.  R.  Lawhead,  responded,  thank 
ing  the  citizens  for  their  hospitality  and  warm  feelings  in  behalf  of 
the  Government.  I  am  sorry  to  state  that  there  were  few  points 
along  the  line  of  our  march  where  we  did  not  find  men  who  had  been 
rendering  assistance  to  John  Morgan^  and  who  were  then  willing  to 
do  every  thing  hi  their  power  to  help  him  on  his  expedition  of  rob^ 
bery  and  plunder.  Their  sympathies  were  all  for  Vallandigham,  and 
there  was  no  one  among  them  who  could  not  render  valuable  infor 
mation  in  regard  to  the  "  Order  of  K.  G.  C.'s." 

I  would  most  respectfully  suggest  the  propriety  of  sending  scouts 
throughout  the  southern  part  of  our  State,  whose  duty  it  should  be 
to  arrest  parties  who  are  declaring  themselves  friends  of  Vallandig 
ham,  and  of  the  Southern  Confederacy.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  aid 
and  encouragement  which  these  sympathisers  gave,  Morgan  could 
never  have  made  a  successful  raid  through  our  own  State. 

From  Batavia,  Ohio,  my  command  returned,  expressing  themselves 
well  pleased  with  their  efforts  to  defend  their  homes  and  firesides. 

I  wish  especially  to  notice  the  conduct  of  Lieut.  Col.  Lyons,  Major 
Banta,  Adjutant  Coons,  and  other  officers  of  my  regiment,  who,  du 
ring  the  whole  chase,  manifested  cool  courage  and  exalted  patriotism. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

L.  S.  SHULER, 
Colonel  commanding  103d  Regiment  Indiana  Militia. 


REPORT  OF  COLONEL  WILLIAM  C.  WILSON, 

108TH  REGIMENT,  INDIANA  VOLUNTEER  MILITIA. 


HEADQUARTERS  108TH  REGIMENT,  INDIANA  MILITIA,  1 
INDIANAPOLIS,  July  18th,  1863.     / 

'Gen.  Laz.  Noble,  Adjutant  General  of  the  State  of  Indiana: 

SIR  : — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  of  the  part 
taken  by  the  108th  Regiment,  Indiana  Militia,  under  my  command, 
in  the  pursuit  of  the  forces  of  John  Morgan.  On  the  afternoon  of 
the  12th  day  of  July,  1863,  I  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  said 
regiment,  composed  as  follows ': 

Company  A — Captain  Taylor, 

"       B— -  Captain  Benbridge, 

"        C — Captain  Ramsey, 

"        D — Captain  Longwill> 

«       E— Captain  Walker, 

"       F— Captain  Givens, 

"       'G — Captain  Disbrow^ 

u       H— Captain  Weast, 

«       I  —Captain  Welshbelligh, 

"       K— Captain  Busby. 

The  regiment  was  first  formed  into  line  and  fully  supplied  with 
everything  but  ammunition,  on  the  evening  of  the  12th.  At  12 
o'clock  of  the  13th  July,  I  received  an  order  from  General  Carrington 
to  move  the  regiment  from  bivouac  at  the  State  House  to  Camp  Car 
rington.  While  in  the  execution  of  this  order  I  received,  about  '2 
o'clock,  an  order  to  supply  the  regiment  with  forty  rounds  of  ammu 
nition,  and  to  report  them  at  the  Indiana  Central  Railroad,  in  order 
to  march  at  3  o'clock.  These  orders  were  promptly  executed,  and 
my  regiment  prepared  to  go  aboard  the  cars  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M.,  of 
said  day,  at  the  point  indicated.  For  some  reason  we  were  here  com- 


MORGAN   RAID.  65 

pelled  to  stand  by  our  arms  until  about  6,  or  6J,  o'clock,  before 
transportation  was  ready.  After  the  regiment  was  placed  aboard 
the  cars,  it  was  perhaps  from  one  to  two  hours  before  the  train  moved 
out.  Good  speed  was  made  until  we  reached  Richmond,  Indiana, 
where  another  delay  of  from  one  to  one-and-one-half  hours  occurred 
in  the  movement  of  the  train.  I  reached  Hamilton,  Ohio,  just  after 
day-break  on  the  morning  of  the  14th  and  immediately  formed  my 
regiment  on  an  open  space  of  ground  near  the  Depot,  and  ordered 
the  men  to  stand  to  their  arms  for  further  orders.  While  thus  await 
ing  orders,  I  learned  that  General  Carrington  had  not  arrived  on  the 
train,  and  called  on  Colonel  Gray,  the  ranking  Colonel  present,  and 
consulted  with  him  in  the  premises.  In  the  mean  time,  I  learned 
from  the  citizens  that  the  forces  of  Morgan  had  passed  through  the 
lower  edge  af  the  city  of  Hamilton  at  about  2  o'clock  of  the  morning 
of  the  14th,  and  that  parties  of  citizen  scouts  were  out  to  report  his 
movements.  It  was  also  reported  to  me  that  a  large  body  of  cavalry 
seemed  to  be  approaching  from  the  direction  in  which  Morgan's 
forces  were  reported  to  be,  and  I  thereupon  threw  out  Company  "A" 
under  Captain  Taylor,  as  a  picket  to  guard  that  approach,  but  soon 
learned  that  the  alarm  was  false.  Between  10  and  11  o'clock  of  the 
14th,  Brigadier  General  Hascall  arrived.  At  two  o'clock,  by  order 
of  General  Hascall,  my  regiment,  with  the  balance  of  the  brigade, 
was  again  ordered  to  take  the  cars  for  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  which  point 
we  reached  in  good  order  at  8  o'clock,  the  same  evening,  and  camped 
in  "Fifth-Street  Market."  I  remained  at  that  point  in  camp  until 
Thursday  evening  at  5  o'clock,  when  I  received  orders  from  General 
Hascall  to  report  my  regiment  at  the  Indianapolis  and  Cincinnati 
Depot  at  7  o'clock,  A.  M.,  of  Friday  morning,  July  17th,  for  trans 
portation  to  Indianapolis.  The  regiment  was  at  the  Depot  on  time, 
but  did  not  get  aboard  the  cars  and  move  out  until  11  o'clock,  A.  M. 
reaching  Indianapolis  at  daybreak  on  the  morning  of  the  18th  of  July, 
on  which  day,  under  the  General  Order  of  the  Govenor,  they  were 
mustered  out  of  service. 

I  cannot  close  this  report  without  expressing  my  regret  at  the 
delay  occasioned  in  the  movement  of  the  trains  at  Indianapolis,  and 
the  delay  at  Richmond  at  the  time  of  our  advance.  Had  the  move 
ment  not  been  delayed  at  those  two  points,  as  above  stated,  we, 
undoubtedly,  would  have  reached  Hamilton,  Ohio,  in  time  to  have 
formed  a  line  of  battle,  and  have  successfully  intercepted  the  advance 
of  Morgan,  and  driven  him  to  the  river  and  held  him  in  check  until 
the  forces  pursuing  reached  him  in  the  rear.  At  Cincinnati'  my 

M.  R.-5  * 


66  MORGAN    RAID. 

regiment  was  very  anxious  to  move  forward  in  the  direction  of  Chil- 
licothe,  Ohio,  or  Parkersburgh,  Va.,  for  the  purpose  of  again  attempt 
ing  to  intercept  the  advance  of  Morgan,  but  doubtless  the  large  mass 
of  Ohio  troops,  then  raised,  precluded  that  movement  on  our  part. 
I  desire  to  state  that  the  injury  done  by  Morgan's  forces  to  the 
citizens  in  eastern  Indiana  and  south  western  Ohio,  in  my  judgement, 
was  very  insignificant,  in  comparison  with  the  forces  of  the  raiders, 
and  I  account  for  this,  by  reason  of  the  hot  pursuit  by  our  forces  — 
rendering  any  delay  for  that  purpose  extremely  dangerous  to  the 
enemy.  I  further  report,  that  prior  to  my  departure  from  Indianapo 
lis,  I  submitted  to  each  company  the  question  of  their  willingness  to 
go  beyond  the  State  of  Indiana,  and  have  the  pleasure  to  report  that 
the  determination  was  unanimous,  with  the  exception  of  some  four 
or  five  men  in  the  regiment,  who  were  unfit  for  duty  and  prudence 
dictated  that  they  should  remain.  I  beg  leave  to  return  to  all  the 
officers  and  men  of  the  Command,  my  thanks  for  their  promptness  in 
the  discharge  of  every  duty,  and  for  the  zeal  they  manifested  to 
engage  the  enemy. 

I  am,  sir, 

Your  truly, 

Obedient  servant, 

W.  C.  WILSON, 
Col.  10&A  Eegt.  Ind.  Vol.  Militia. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  KLINE  G.  SHRYOCK, 

COMMANDING  105TH  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  IND.,  July  18th,  1863. 
Governor  Morton: 

The  organization  of  the  105th  Regiment  Indiana  Legion,  to  the 
command  of  which  I  was  appointed,  having  returned  to  the  capital 
and  being  disbanded  as  a  regiment,  I  submit  to  you  the  following 
report  of  its  operations  while  in  the  field  : 


RAttX  67 

On  the  clay  I  received  my  appointment — Sunday,  July  12th, 
1863 — I  left  with  my  command  under  written  orders  from  Gen.  Will- 
cox  to  proceed  directly  by  rail  to  Lawrenceburg,  in  this  State ;  there 
to  take  boats  and  patrol  the  Ohio  river,  guard  fords,  &c.  I  proceeded 
as  far  as  Greensburgh,  where  a  dispatch  from  Gen.  Willcox  was  in  wait 
ing  for  me,  ordering  me  to  halt  there  and  wait  further  orders.  After 
waiting  there  for  some  time  I  received  orders  to  move  forward,  which 
I  did. 

On  arriving  at  Morris  Station  I  received  a  dispatch  from  General 
Willcox  to  strongly  picket  all  the  approaches  to  that  place,  and  to  be 
on  the  lookout  against  a  surprise  on  the  part  of  the  enemy.  In 
obedience  to  that  order  I  detailed  two  companies  and  strongly  pick 
eted  every  approach  to  the  Station,  and  had  the  remainder  of  my 
regiment  lay  on  their  arms  during  the  night.  On  the  morning  of  the 
13th  I  received  orders  to  move  forward  to  Sunman's  Station,  where 
Col.  Gavin^s  command  had  been  on  duty  the  night  previous.  On 
arriving  at  Sunman's  Station  I  found  the  citizens  in  a  state  of  great 
excitement  on  account  of  rumors  that  the  enemy  was  within  a  mile 
of  the  place.  Col.  Gavin  had  left  the  station  before  I  reached  there. 
I  learned  at  Sunman's  Station  that  Morgan's  forces  were  crossing 
the  railroad  near  Vanwedden's  Station,  some  two  or  three  miles  ahead 
of  where  I  was.  When  this  information  was  received  I  ordered  two 
companies  forward  to  reconnoitre  the  road  on  each  side,  and  ordered 
the  train  to  move  forward  shortly.  At  Sunman's  I  learned  that  the 
rebels  had  torn  up  the  track  near  Vanwedden's  and  set  fire  to  the 
water  station  of  that  place.  Finding  it  impossible  to  proceed 
farther  by  rail,  I  concluded  to  disembark  my  regiment  and  march  to 
Lawrenceburgh.  I  got  my  command  ready,  and  after  marching  near 
a  mile  on  a  cross  road  to  reach  the  main  road  to  Lawrenceburgh,  I 
met  Col.  Shuler,  in  command  of  the  advance  of  General  Hobson's 
cavalry  force,  then  in  pursuit  of  Morgan.  I  learned,  from  what 
I  regarded  as  a  reliable  source,  that  Morgan's  forces  were  not  over 
four  or  five  miles  from  us  on  the  road  leading  to  Harrison,  on  White 
Water,  and  moving  in  the  direction  of  the  latter  place.  On  finding 
Morgan  so  closely  pursued  by  a  strong  cavalry  force,  and  hoping 
that  our  advance,  under  Col.  Shuler,  might  be  able  to  overhaul  the 
enemy  and  engage  them,  I  determined  to  pursue  him  within  support 
ing  distance  with  my  regiment.  I  followed  immediately  in  the  rear 
of  Gen.  Hobson's  pursuing  forces  under  Col.  Shuler,  until  within 
about  six  miles  of  Harrison,  where  a  portion  of  Gen.  Hobson's  forces 
passed  me,  which  I  passed  again  between  that  and  Harrison,  while 


MORGAN  RAID. 

they  were  grazing  their  horses  in  a  meadow.  The  horsemen  passed 
me  again  when  within  ahout  a  mile  of  Harrison.  I  received  three 
messages  from  Col.  Shuler  to  hurry  forward  my  men,  as  he  expected 
to  engage  the  enemy.  The  news  seemed  to  stimulate  my  men,  and 
they  moved  forward  with  great  alacrity.  I  reached  the  top  of  the 
hill  near  Harrison  before  our  cavalry  had  crossed  the  river,  having 
marched  some  twenty  or  twenty-five  miles  from  12  o'clock  M.  until 
sundown.  Having  reached  the  State  line,  I  went  into  camp  for  the 
night.  On  the  next  morning  I  took  up  the  line  of  march  for  Law- 
renceburgh;  arrived  there  about  2  o'clock  P.  M. ;  reported  to  Col. 
Gavin,  commandant  of  the  post  at  that  place ;  went  into  camp  at 
that  place,  subject  to  the  orders  of  Col.  Gavin  for  the  time.  While 
at  Lawrenceburgh,  in  endeavoring  to  execute  the  orders  of  Col. 
Gavin,  the  accident  occurred  to  my  regiment,  the  facts  in  connection 
with  which  I  have  fully  reported  to  you  under  date  of  15th  instant. 

Under  orders  from  Indianapolis  to  Col.  Burkham,  I  embarked  my 
regiment  for  this  place  about  2  o'clock  P.  M.  of  the  17th  inst. ; 
arrived  at  Indianapolis  between  two  and  three  o'clock  A.  M.  of  the 
18th.  My  men  marched  to  the  Soldiers'  Home,  partook  of  a  good 
breakfast  provided  for  chem  at  the  instance  of  your  Excellency } 
marched  from  there  to  the  State  House,  where,  after  completing  the 
rolls,  they  were  disbanded  as  a  regiment. 

It  is  due  to  the  men  of  my  command  to  say  that  they  endured  the 
hardships  of  our  brief  campaign  with  great  cheerfulness,  and  would 
have  volunteered,  to  a  man,  to  have  gone  beyond  the  State,  if  there 
had  been  a  necessity  for  it. 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

KLINE  G.  SHRYOCK, 

Col  105/A  Retft  Ind.  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  B.  M.  GREGORY, 

COMMANDING  102D  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


ZIONSVILLE,  IND.,  July  18, 1863. 
'General  Laz.  Noble: 

SIR: — In  obedience  to  orders  from  Gen.  Lew  Wallace  I  proceeded 
with  my  command  from  Indianapolis,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  llth 
inst.,  to  aid  in  the  pursuit  of  the  rebel  forces  under  General  John 
Morgan,  and  reached  North  Vernon  at  3  o'clock  A.  M.  of  the  12th 
by  railroad;  from  thence  we  marched  on  foot  to  Vernon,  in  which 
vicinity  the  rebels  had  encamped  the  day  previous,  and  there  learned 
that  Morgan's  forces  had,  during  the  night,  left  in  the  direction  of 
Dupont. 

At  Vernon,  pursuant  to  Gen.  Wallace's  order,  I  impressed  a  num 
ber  of  horses  on  which  Company  K,  of  my  regiment,  commanded  by 
Capt.  Davis,  was  mounted  and  placed  under  the  command  ©f  Col. 
Shuler.  For  a  report  of  the  part  afterwards  taken  in  the  pursuit  by 
this  company,  you  are  referred  to  Col.  Shuler's  official  report. 

I  was  ordered  to  Dupont,  which  place  I  reached  about  8  o'clock 
P.  M.  of  the  12th,  and  had  hardly  got  encamped  when  I  received 
orders  to  board  the  train  and  return  to  North  Vernon,  where  I 
arrived  about  1  o'clock  A.  M.  of  the  13th,  and  remained  until  4 
o'clock  P.  M.,  when  I  moved  to  Osgood,  on  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi 
railroad,  near  which  place,  the  night  previous,  the  rebels  had 
destroyed  two  railroad  bridges  and  a  number  of  cars.  There  I 
encamped  for  the  night.  On  the  morning  of  the  14th  we  took  up  a 
line  of  march  in  a  northeasterly  direction,  and  ai  rived  at  Sunman's 
Station,  on  the  I.  and  C.  railroad,  distance  from  Osgood  twenty-two 
miles,  where  I  learned  that  the  whole  rebel  force  had  escaped  into 
Ohio. 

I  remained  at  Sunman's,  awaiting  orders  and  transportation,  until 


70 


MORGAN    RAII>. 


the  16th  inst.,  when  I  received  orders  and  returned  to  Indianapolis  ; 
and  on  the  17th  the  men  of  my  command  were  furnished  transporta 
tion  to  their  homes. 

It  affords  me  pleasure  to  report  that  during  the  few  days  cam 
paign,  the  officers  and  men  behaved  themselves  as  becomes  men  and 
soldiers. 

I  am,  suv  veiT  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

B.  M.  GREGORY, 
Col.  Commanding  102d  Reg't  2nd.  Militia* 


REPORT  OF  COL.  ISAAC  P.  GRAY, 

106TH  REGIMENT  MINUTE  MEN. 


UNION  CITY,  INDIANA,  > 
July  21st,  1863.      J 

Laz.  Noble,  Adft  General  State  of  Indiana  ; 

SIR  : — I  have  the  honor  to  report  the  part  taken  by  my  command 
in  the  brigade  that  went  to  Ohio  under  the  command  of  Brig.  Gen, 
Hascall,  to  intercept  the  rebel  forces  under  John  Morgan. 

On  Monday,  July  13th.  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  I  received  orders  from 
General  Carrington  to  march  my  command  to  the  Indiana  Central 
Depot,  Indianapolis,  for  transportation..  By  3  o'clock  I  was  on  the 
ground  ready  for  loading. 

I  was,  at  the  same  time,  requested  by  Gov.  Morton  to  say  to  my 
command  that  while  he  (Gov.  Morton)  was  desirous  of  rendering  all 
the  assistance  he  could  to  Ohio,  yet  he  wanted  it  distinctly  under 
stood  that  he  wished  no  one  to  go  unless  freely  and  willingly 
of  his  own  accord,  prompted  by  his  sense  of  patriotism  alone  ;  he 
would,  for  no  consideration,  impress  or  eoerce  any  citizen  of  Indiana 
belonging  to  the  Militia  to-  go  on  duty  out  of  the  State  against  his 
will.  I  made  the  wishes  of  the  Governor  known  to  the  regiment,. 


MORGAN    RAID.  71 

when  they  immediately  decided,  unanimously,  and  with  the  utmost 
enthusiasm,  to  go — regretting  only  that  they  had  not  had  an  oppor 
tunity  to  chastise  the  rebel  thieves  while  they  were  devastating  our 
own  State,  but  expressing  a  willing  determination  to  follow  them 
and  avenge  the  wrongs  that  the  citizens  of  Indiana  had  suffered  at 
their  hands. 

From  some  cause  we  were  kept  waiting  the  departure  of  the  train 
until  after  10  o'clock  P.  M.,  at  which  time  General  Hascall  assumed 
command.  Who  is  responsible  for  this  detention  it  is  not  for  me  to 
say ;  but  whoever  is  guilty  of  causing  this  detention  should  be  made 
to  shoulder  the  responsibility,  for  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that 
by  this  delay  the  whole  object  of  the  expedition  was  lost. 

We  arrived  at  Hamilton,  Ohio,  at  8  o'clock  Tuesday  morning, 
July  14th,  and  encamped  on  the  commons  south  of  the  depot,  await 
ing  further  orders.  At  5  o'clock  P.  M.,  I  received  orders  from  Gen. 
Hascall  to  march  to  the  depot  and  take  cars  for  Cincinnati.  My 
regiment  being  the  last  ordered  to  load,  I  found  there  was  not  enough 
cars  to  load  my  command,  without  crowding  very  closely.  While 
thus  engaged  in  getting  my  command  aboard,  the  train  started  with 
out  giving  any  notice  whatever,  causing  one  of  the  men  to  slip,  by 
which  one  of  his  feet  was  caught  between  the  bumpers  and  badly 
mashed ;  and  also  leaving  four  companies,  viz :  Captains  Riley, 
Goolman,  Moorehouse  and  Gorrel,  behind.  Observing  that  Lieut. 
Col.  Haines  and  Maj.  Browne  were  aboard,  I  remained  with  the  four 
companies  for  the  purpose  of  getting  them  immediate  transportation 
to  Cincinnati  to  join  the  regiment.  I  had  succeeded  in  getting 
loaded,  and  hitched  on  to  the  down  passenger  train  from  Richmond, 
when  I  received  a  dispatch  from  Gen.  Hascall  to  send  the  four  com 
panies  left  at  Hamilton  back  to  Indianapolis.  I  put  Capt.  Riley,  of 
company  "B,"  in  command,  with  orders  to  report  at  Indianapolis, 
and  proceeded  myself  to  Cincinnati  to  take  command  of  the  six 
companies  there.  I  found  the  regiment  encamped  in  the  "Eighth 
street  Park." 

Wednesday  evening,  the  15th,  I  received  orders  to  be  with  my 
command  at  the  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis  depot  by  7  o'clock  next 
morning  to  load  for  Indianapolis.  We  were  promptly  on  the  ground 
by  6  o'clock  A.  M.,  but  were  kept  waiting  about  three  hours  before 
transportation  was  ready.  Left  Cincinnati  Thursday  morning, 
July  16th,  and  arrived  at  Indianapolis  next  morning  at  6  o'clock, 
being  twenty-one  hours  on  the  road.  The  health  of  the  regiment 


72 


MORGAN   RAID. 


was  exceedingly  good,  having  left  but  one  sick,  which  was  at  Cincin 
nati,  who  was  kindly  cared  for  by  the  citizens. 

I  cannot  speak  too  highly  of  the  conduct  of  both  officers  and 
men.  All  seemed  prompted  by  the  most  exalted  patriotism.  I 
found  Lieut.  Col.  Haines,  Major  Browne  and  Adjutant  Braffett  to  be 
most  efficient  and  gentlemanly  officers  ;  but  to  speak  of  any  specially 
would  be  to  make  invidious  distinction.  When  I  looked  over  the 
rank  and  file  of  the  regiment  I  had  the  honor  to  command,  and  saw 
the  wealth  and  talent  there  embraced,  I  thought,  can  there  be  any, 
with  such  evidence  as  this  before  them,  who  will  doubt  the  success  of 
the  Union  cause  ?  It  was  one  of  those  outbursts  of  intense  love  of 
nationality  that  lies  deep  in  the  hearts  of  the  American  people. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Your  most  obedient  servant, 

ISAAC  P.  GRAY, 
Col.  Comd'g  IQQth  Reg't  Ind.  Militia. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  JOHN  R.  MAHAN, 

109TH  REGIMENT  MINUTE  MEN. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA,  1 
July  18th,  1863.      / 

Adjutant  General  State  of  Indiana: 

SIR: — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  to  you  the  following  report  of 
the  part  taken  by  the  109th  Regiment  of  Minute  Men  that  I  had  the 
pleasure  of  commanding  during  Morgan's  late  raid  through  Indiana 
and  Ohio : 

In  pursuance  of  an  order  emanating  from  Governor  Morton,  Com- 
mander-in-Chief  of  the  Indiana  Militia,  at  5  o'clock  P.  M.  on  the 
evening  of  the  13th  we  marched  from  the  State  House  yard  to  the 
depot  and  boarded  the  train  for  Ohio. 

In  the  formation  of  the  brigade  commanded  by  Brig.  Gen.  Car- 
rington  my  regiment  was  entitled  to  the  right.  At  6  o'clock  P.  M. 


MORGAN  RAID.  73 

I  notified  the  Superintendent  of  the  road  that  my  regiment  was 
ready  to  move  out,  and  on  account  of  an  unusual  delay  we  were 
detained  until  10  o'clock,  at  which  time,  in  pursuance  of  Governor 
Morton's  order,  I  assumed  command  of  the  brigade,  and  ordered  the 
Superintendent  of  the  road  to  move  the  whole  brigade  out  without 
delay.  He  pledged  me  to  move  us  out  in  ten  minutes.  At  10J 
o?clock  I  was  relieved  of  the  command  by  Brig.  Gen.  Hascall.  At 
12  o'clock  at  night  the  brigade  moved  out,  and  arrived  at  Hamilton, 
Ohio,  at  10  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  14th,  at  which  place  I 
received  a  dispatch  from  Governor  Morton,  stating  that  my  entire 
command  would  be  mounted^  at  Hamilton,  with  orders  to  move  as 
rapidly  as  possible,  which  dispatch  I  handed  to  Gen.  Hascall  in  per 
son.  At  2J  o'clock  P.  M.  I  left  Hamilton,  under  Gen.  Hascall's 
order,  and  arrived  at  Cincinnati  at  5  o'clock  P.  M. 

On  arriving  at  Cincinnati  I  received  an  order  from  Gen.  Hascall 
in  person,  to  remain  on  board  the  hog  cars  until  he  could  have  an 
interview  with  Maj.  Gen.  Burnside,  which  order  I  obeyed,  with  no 
small  degree  of  suffering  to  my  men  from  tne  intense  heat  and  con 
finement  and  strong  scented  cars.  At  8  o'clock  P.  M.  I  moved  off 
the  train  and  marched  to  the  Sixth  street  Market  House  and  camped 
for  the  night.  At  9  o'clock  I  repaired  to  the  quarters  of  General 
Burnside,  and  received  an  order  from  him  for  warm  supper  and 
breakfast  for  my  entire  regiment.  At  1  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  15th,  the 
heat  being  very  intense  in  the  position  we  were  occupying,  I  again 
visited  General  Burnside's  head-quarters  and  received  an  order  to 
remove  a  cavalry  force  that  was  occupying  Eighth  street  Park  and 
occupy  the  same  with  my  regiment,  which  order  I  obeyed  immedi 
ately,  and  found  the  quarters  to  be  very  palatable  to  my  men,  for 
which  they  gave  three  hearty  cheers  for  General  Burnside.  We 
remained  in  that  position  until  after  supper.  There  being  a  prospect 
for  rain.  I  received  permission  from  General  Burnside  to  occupy  the 
Court  House  and  two  large  halls  for  the  night. 

At  5  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  16th  we  marched  back  to 
Eighth  street  Park  for  breakfast,  and  at  7  o'clock  A.  M.  we  marched 
to  the  I.  and  C.  railroad  and  shipped  for  Indianapolis,  by  order  of 
Brig.  Gen.  Hascall,  at  which  place  we  arrived  on  the  morning  of  the 
17th,  after  a  tedious  ride  of  twenty-two  hours.  At  6  o'clock  we 
took  breakfast  at  the  Soldiers'  Home,  and  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.  we 
were  mustered  out  of  the  service. 

In  conclusion  let  me  state  that  I  cannot  speak  in  too  high 
terms  of  the  officers  and  men  of  my  command — it  being  composed 


74  MORGAN   RAID. 

of  Indiana  and  Illinois  troops.  The  officers  and  men  from  Indiana 
did  their  duty  in  every  respect,  and  I  was  particularly  pleased  with 
the  gentlemanly  appearance  and  soldier  like  conduct  of  that  part  of 
my  command  from  Illinois,  The  discipline  of  all  the  companies  was 
so  perfect  that  we  had  no  straggling  from  the  regiment,  and  what  is 
very  remarkable  we  had  not  one  single  case  of  intoxication  while  the 
regiment  was  in  the  service. 
I  am,  General, 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  service, 

J.  R.  MAHAN, 
Col.  Comd'g  109^  Reg't  Indiana  Militia. 


REPORT  OF  MAJ.  JOHNSON  McCULLOUGH, 

QUARTERMASTER  2o  BRIGADE,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  2o  BRIGADE  INDIANA  LEGION.  1 
Bloomington,  Ind.,  Aug.  1,  1863.         j 

Brig.  Gen.  James  Hughes: 

SIR:— On  Thursday,  July  9,  1863,  I  was  ordered  to  Mitchell,  to 
take  charge  of  the  Quartermaster  and  Commissary  departments. 

On  arriving  at  Mitchell,  I  found  everything  in  confusion;  so  much 
so  that  it  was  impossible  for  me  to  make  a  minute  and  accurate  re 
port,  owing  to  the  hurry  and  confusion  incident  to  so  rapid  a  pursuit 
after  Morgan  as  ours  was  compelled  to  be ;  but,  instead,  permit  me 
to  make  the  following  statement : 

At  Mitchell  we  distributed  arms  and  ammunition  sufficient  to  arm 
the  force  present;  all  of  which  arms  have  been  since  returned  at 
Indianapolis,  except,  probably,  four  (4)  guns.  From  Mitchell  we 
moved  east,  begging  such  articles  of  necessity  as  the  men  were  com 
pelled  to  have — such  as  cooking  utensils,  forage  for  horses,  &c.,  all 
of  which  we  duly  gave  receipts  for.  How  many  receipts  we  gave,  I 


MORGAN  RAID.  75 

am  unable  to  state,  nor  how  much  they  amount  to,  not  having  any 
hooks  to  keep  accounts  in.     At  Sunman's  station  we  were  ordered  to 
Indianapolis,  at  which  place  we  gave  up  our  arms  and  cooking  uten 
sils,  and  were  duly  discharged  on  Friday,  July  17,  1863. 
Yours, 

JOHNSON  McCULLOUGH, 
and  Q,  M<  2d  Brigade,  Indiana 


INDIANA  LEGION 


REPORT  OP  LIEUT.  COL.  E.  H.  0.  GAVINS, 
OF  MAJ,  GEN.  JAMES  HUGHES'  STAFF. 


HEADQUARTERS  SND  Div.  IND.  LEGION,  1 
Bloomington,  Ind.,  Dec.  5th,  1864.      j" 

Major  General  John  L.  Mansfield  : 

GENERAL  : — On  my  return  from  Indianapolis  I  find  yours  of  the- 
21st  ult.,  to  Major  General  Hughes,  in  which  you  say  the  Governor 
expects  a  report  of  the  military  services  of  the  Indiana  Legion,  &c, 
I  have  not  the  information  upon  which  to  make  a  report,  but  will 
furnish  you  with  an  informal  account  of  such  matters  as  have  come 
to  my  knowledge  since  my  connection  with  the  Legion. 

I  received  notice  of  my  appointment  as  Inspector  on  Maj.  Gen. 
Hughes'  staff  on  the  10th  day  of  August,  1864,  and  hence  know 
nothing  of  the  services  before  that  time.  At  that  time  the  people  of 
Southern  Indiana  were  laboring  under  great  excitement^  expecting 
internal  strife  and  civil  war.  The  fact  of  an  existing  secret  con 
spiracy  against  the  Government  was  developed  in  many  different 
ways,  not  at  that  time  conclusive,  but  satisfactory.  In  the  counties 
of  Washington,  Crawford,  Harrison,  Martin,  Daviess,  Sullivan, 
Green,  Knox,  Dubois,  and  others,  organized  bodies  of  men  were 
officered  in  military  style,  and  having  regular  drills,  some  with,,  and 
some  without  arms.  These  men  were  not  armed  under  any  law  of 
the  State  or  Government,  and  their  object,  so  far  as  they  gave 


7$  INDIANA  LEGIDN. 

expression  to  it,  was  in  opposition  to  the  Government.  They  were 
threatening  to  resist  the  draft,  and  protect  deserters,  but  the  more 
cautious  would  say  that  they  were  going  to  have  a  fair  election. 
This  boast  of  having  a  fair  election  was  usually  in  localities  where 
their  partisans  then  had  large  majorities,  and  where  it  was  impossible 
for  their  opponents  to  control  the  elections.  In  addition  to  these 
evidences  of  disloyalty,  during  the  latter  part  of  July  and  early  in 
August,  in  many  counties  where  these  illegal  companies  were  organ* 
ized,  members  of  the  companies  talked  in  such  a  manner  as  to  cause 
the  people  to  believe  that  about  the  15th  or  16th  of  August  a  terri 
ble  calamity  would  befall  them  in  the  promiscuous  slaughter  of  Union 
men  and  burning  of  their  property. 

On  the  12th  day  of  August^  Maj.  Gen.  Hughes  and  staff  went  t« 
Evansville  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  the  Legion  along  the  border. 
At  that  time  large  numbers  of  guerrillas,  under  Colonels  Johnson 
and  Seipert,  were  congregating  in  Union  and  Henderson  counties, 
Ky.,  and  parties  of  them  had  been  seen  on  the  river  bank  above  and 
below  Evansville,  Ind.,  and  they  had  actually  captured  several  U.  S» 
transports  on  the  Ohio  river*  The  Ohio  river,  at  that  time,  was 
fordable  at  many  places,,  and  the  means  of  defense  were  greatly 
inadequate  to  the  threatened  danger.  The  country  on  this  side  was 
swarming  with  "  refugees J> — as  they  called  themselves — a  most  dan 
gerous  element  at  that  time,  and  could  readily  have  been  converted 
into  an  armed  array  for  purposes  of  plunder  or  invasion. 

A  portion  of  the  Legion  in  Warrick,  Vanderburgh  and  Posey 
counties  were  immediately  called  into  service,  and  disposed  along  the 
river  bank  so  as  to  guard  the  fords  of  the  river.  Information, 
deemed  reliable,  was  received  that  a  plot  was  organized,  between 
citizens  of  Indiana  and  refugees  from  Kentucky,  to  burn  the  railroad 
bridge  across  White  river,  between  Evansville  and  Vincennes,  on  the 
night  of  the  15th  day  of  August;  and  a  company  of  the  Evansville 
regiment,  under  Capt.  Bisch  (now  Col.  Bisch)  was  sent  to  that  point 
to  guard  it.  The  bridge  was  guarded  two  nights,  when  it  was 
believed  that  the  danger  in  that  direction  was  over.  Information 
was  received  that  Colonels  Johnson  and  Seipert  intended  crossing 
the  Ohio  river  for  the  purpose  of  destroying  Mount  Vernon,  Evans 
ville,  and  other  towns  along  the  Indiana  border.  Maj.  Gen.  Hughes, 
upon  consultation  with  Maj.  Gen.  Hovey,  U.  S.  Vols..  determined 
that  the  safest  and  most  expeditious  way  to  defeat  the  object  of  the 
invaders  was  to  organize  a  force  and  cross  over  into  Kentucky  and 
attack  the  various  rebel  camps  in  detail;  and  for  that  purpose  the 


INDIANA   LEGION.  70 

Indiana  Legion  in  Warrick,  Vanderburgh  and  Posey  were  called  on 
for  volunteers.  They  responded  with  great  enthusiasm,  and  on  the 
morning  of  the  17th  of  August,  after  leaving  a  sufficient  guard  along 
the  river,  seven  hundred  and  fifty  cavalry  and  infantry  of  the  Legion, 
and  five  pieces  of  artillery  of  the  Legion,  properly  manned,  with 
four  hundred  U.  S.  Vols.,  all  under  command  of  Maj.  Gen.  Hovey, 
U.  S.  Vols.,  started  on  their  expedition.  Maj.  Gen.  Hughes  and 
staff  expected  to  cross  the  river  with  the  command,  but  were  detained 
in  procuring  and  sending  forward  horses  for  the  command.  They 
crossed  the  river  on  the  morning  of  the  18th,  and  joined  the  com 
mand  at  Morganfield  at  12  o'clock  on  that  day,  and  continued  with 
the  command  during  the  expedition.  (I  send  you  herewith  Maj. 
Gen.  Hovey's  report  of  the  expedition.) 

This  expedition,  in  promptly  breaking  up  the  guerrilla  camps  near 
the  border,  and  dispersing  the  rebels  who  were  threatening  our  St^te, 
served  to  quiet  the  general  feeling  throughout  the  Division.  Gen, 
Hughes  and  staff  immediately  began  organizing  the  Legion  through 
out  the  Division,  giving  special  attention  to  those  portions  where  any 
considerable  portion  of  the  people  seemed  disposed  to  resist  the 
legally  constituted  authorities  of  the  Government. 

On  the  13th  day  of  September  information  was  received  that  a 
band  of  guerrillas  disbanded  at  Branderiburgh,  Ky.,  for  the  purpose 
of  coming  into  Indiana  to  influence  the  election.  Prompt  measures 
were  taken  by  Brig.  Gen.  Jordan  against  those  who  appeared  in  this 
State,  and  some  were  arrested  arid  turned  over  to  the  United  States 
authorities. 

On  the  2d  day  of  October  information  was  received  that  a  fortfe 
of  from  two  hundred  to  three  hundred  men  was  assembled  in  Craw 
ford  and  Orange  counties  for  the  purpose  of  resisting  the  draft  and 
plundering  the  citizens.  Immediate  steps  were  taken  by  the  Legion 
for  their  suppression,  which  was  promptly  accomplished  by  Brig. 
Gen.  Jordan.  (I  herewith  send  you  a  copy  of  Brig.  Gen.  Jordan's 
report,  arid  confessions  of  rioters.) 

On  the  20th  day  of  October,  1864,  the  Sullivan  Guards,  com 
manded  by  Lieut,  Stewart  Barnes,  were  disarmed  and  disbanded  on 
account  of  their  disloyalty  and' their  refusal  to  assemble  for  inspec 
tion,  after  having  been  properly  ordered  to  assemble  for  that  pur 
pose.  Their  arms  were  turned  over  by  Lieut.  Col.  McCullough,  of 
Gen.  Hughes'  staff,  to  the  Quartermaster  General  of  the  State. 

There  has  not  been  as  much  disturbance  in  the  limits  of  the  Divi 
sion  as  was  feared  there  would  be.  The  greatest  security  for  peace 


80  INDIANA    LEGION. 

is  to  be  prepared  for  war,  and  this  truth  has  been  fully  proved  in 
Indiana  during  this  summer.  If  the  Legion  had  remained  unorgan 
ized,  inactive  and  seemingly  unable  to  resist  any  force,  invasion  and 
civil  war  would  certainly  have  overwhelmed  us.  But  the  very  fact 
that  it  gave  visible  demonstrations  of  organization,  vitality  and 
strength  was  the  security  that  has  given  us  peace  within  the  State. 
I  am,  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

E.  H.  C.  GAVINS, 

Lieut.  Col  and  A.  A.  G. 

P.  S. — I  will   send  a  report  of  the  strength  of  the  command  in  a 
few  days. 


REPORT  OF  BRIG.  GEN.  HENRY  JORDAN, 

COMMANDING  2o  BRIG.,  2D  Div.  IND.  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  2o  BRIG.,  2o  Div.,  IND.  LKGION,  ] 
Corydon,  October  7,  1864.          / 

COLONEL: — I  forward  herewith  specimens  of  the  confessions  of 
the  prisoners  taken  during  the  recent  troubles  in  Crawford  and 
Orange  counties.  I  will  forward  the  entire  document  as  soon  as  a 
copy  can  be  prepared.  Your  particular  attention  is  called  to  the 
confession  of  Martin  Belcher,  who  states  that  efforts  will  be  made 
to  stuff  the  ballot  boxes  and  to  vote  refugees,  deserters,  and  stran 
gers  generally,  in  the  approaching  election.  As  I  am  too  unwell  at 
present  to  prepare  my  official  report,  I  embrace  this  opportunity  to 
state  a  few  facts,  which  it  is  important  should  be  generally  known. 
I  regard  the  late  troubles  in  Crawford  and  Orange  counties  as  a  mis 
erable  failure  of  an  extensive  conspiracy.  I  base  this  opinion  upon 
the  following  facts :  1st.  Information  of  a  reliable  character  re 
ceived  more  than  four  weeks  ago,  that  the  guerrillas  in  Kentucky 
were  disbanding  and  coming,  one  at  a  time,  to  the  Indiana  side. 
2d.  Positive  evidence  that  a  large  number  of  guerrillas  have  actually 
been  among  us  for  several  weeks.  3d.  Information  from  an  officer 


INDIANA  LEGION. 

of  the  Sons  of  Liberty,  who  did  not  wish  to  involve  his  family  and 
property  in  civil  war,  that  it  had  been  determined  by  that  organiza 
tion  to  resist  the  draft,  and  that  five  hundred  guerrillas  from  Ken 
tucky — many  of  whom  were  already  amongst  us — were  to  co-ope 
rate.  4th.  Confessions  of  the  prisoners,  who  state  that  the  uprising 
was  to  be  general,  and  that  they  expected  to  receive  heavy  reinforce 
ments  from  other  counties. 

From  the  testimony  taken  by  my  staff  officers  during  and  since 
the  difficulties,  I  am  led  to  the  belief  that  not  more  than  three 
hundred  persons  were  engaged  in  actual  hostilities.  The  rioters 
were  divided  into  small  bands,  the  largest  that  I  could  hear  of 
numbering  seventy-five  (75)  men.  The  ringleaders  were  guerrillas 
from  Kentucky,  whose  object  was  plunder.  They  seemed  to  care 
but  little  about  the  draft,  and  only  used  it  to  obtain  assistance  in 
their  nefarious  scheme.  When  the  movement  failed  they  escaped, 
carrying  off,  as  the  prisoners  say,  the  entire  proceeds  of  the  robber 
ies,  and  leaving  their  dupes  to  suffer  for  their  crimes.  Some  escaped 
to  Kentucky,  and  others  to  the  disloyal  portions  of  the  State.  I 
think  that  at  least  fifty  persons  were  robbed  by  these  men.  Most  of 
the  stolen  horses  were  recovered.  The  number  of  prisoners  taken 
by  my  forces  was  about  forty.  Some  of  these,  against  whom  I  could 
find  no  testimony,  I  released.  I  delivered  seven  conscripts,  who  had 
been  engaged  in  the  affair,  to  Col.  Merriwathcr,  Provost  Marshal  of 
this  district.  I  sent  ninety-one  citizens,  who  had  participated  in  it, 
to  Major  Gen.  Hovey,  as  directed  by  you. 

The  evidence  against  most  of  them  is  very  strong,  many  of  them 
having  confessed  that  they  participated  in  the  robberies  and  resist 
ance  to  the  draft.  I  arrested  several  persons  for  the  awful  crime  of 
persuading  their  ignorant  neighbors  into  resistance  to  law,  while 
they  themselves  took  no  active  part  in  the  trouble  they  had  created. 

I  proposed  to  deliver  a  portion  of  the  prisoners  to  the  civil  authori 
ties  for  trial,  but  the  leading  citizens  of  Leavenworth,  without  regard 
to  party,  fearing  that  an  effort  might  be  made  to  relieve  them,  peti 
tioned  me,  in  writing,  to  send  them  to  some  military  post  for  con- 
finement.  The  people  living  near  the  scene  of  this  disturbance, 
being  apprehensive  of  further  violent  proceedings,  I  stationed  Captain 
Aydelotte's  company  (L,  6th  Reg't.)  at  Hartford,  with  orders  to 
remain  there  until  quiet  was  restored.  I  will  communicate,  in  a  for 
mal  report,  the  operations  of  the  forces  under  my  command  during 
this  disturbance. 

I  am  satisfied  that  the  prompt  action  of  the  militia  force  had  the 
M.  R.— 6 


82  INDIANA  LEGION. 

effect  to  deter  many  persons  from  participating  in  this  disturbance, 
and  that  if  a  large  force  had  not  promptly  confronted  the  robbers, 
the  affair  would  have  assumed  a  more  alarming  aspect.  The  credit  of 
assembling  our  forces  is  mainly  due  to  my  subordinate  officers,  who, 
in  many  cases,  had  mustered  their  commands  and  gone  in  pursuit 
before  my  orders  reached  them.  There  were  no  casualties;  one  or 
two  of  my  men  had  their  clothes  pierced  by  balls  fired  at  them. 

Permit  me  to  suggest,  in  conclusion,  that  the  facts  set  forth  in  this 
communication  be  given  to  the  public,  so  that  the  importance  of  the 
affair  may  be  neither  underrated  nor  exaggerated. 
Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  JORDAN, 
Brigadier  General  Commanding. 
COL.  E.  H.  C.  CAVIN, 

A.  A.  G.,  Gen.  Ilughes's  Staff. 


TESTIMONY    AND    CONFESSIONS    IN    THE    CRAWFORD 
AND  ORANGE  COUNTY  CONSPIRACIES. 

(REPORTED  BY  DIRECTION  OF  BRIG.  GEN.  HENRY  JORDAN.) 

The  prisoners  were  brought  into  a  room,  one  at  a  time,  and  ques 
tioned  by  Gen.  Jordan  and  Col.  Woodbury.  They  were  not  sworn, 
and  all  their  confessions  were  voluntary.  Each  prisoner  was  assured 
that  he  would  not  be  compelled  to  disclose  anything  against  his  own 
will.  The  examination  was  public.  Such  citizens  as  wished  to  enter 
the  room  were  admitted,  and  allowed  to  listen  to  the  questions  and 
answers. 

JUNIUS  LOMAX  lives  in  Greenfield  township,  Orange  county;  states 
that  he  is  a  drafted  man ;  that  he  went  to  Williamsburg,  in  Orange 
county,  where  he  heard  that  the  drafted  men  were  going  to  resist  the 
draft.  Geo.  Coffman,  of  Floyd  county,  made  a  speech,  and  advised 
the  drafted  men  to  resist.  At  another  meeting,  held  south  of  Wil- 
liamsburg,  Saturday  evening,  October  1,  John  Allstott,  of  Craw 
ford  county,  advised  us  to  resist.  The  guns  taken  from  the  Home 
Guards  were  taken  through  spite.  I  took  a  gun  from  Valentine 


INDIANA  LEGION.  83 

Cook,  of  the  Valeene  Home  Guards.  I  was  along  when  Patterson 
Apple  was  arrested  and  robbed  of  his  pistol.  A  good  many  of  the 
drafted  men  were  present  at  these  meetings.  A  number  of  stran 
gers  were  also  present.  I  understood  that  some  of  them  were  from 
Kentucky.  A  man  named  Lynch,  from  Harrison  county,  was  pre 
sent.  John  "W.  Stone  has  been  through  there,  advising  the  men  to 
resist  the  draft.  Jacob  Cook  took  the  lead  in  disarming  Valentine 
Cook.  Heimener  Seibolt  took  the  lead  in  taking  the  pistol  from 
Patterson  Apple. 

WILLIAM  SANDERS  resides  in  Sterling  township,  Crawford  county. 
I  saw  that  something  was  going  to  be  done.  My  son  James  was 
along  with  the  crowd,  aud  I  wanted  to  get  him  away  from  them.  I 
overtook  some  of  them  near  Belcher's.  Before  we  got  to  E.  H. 
G  olden' s  there  were  at  least  thirty  men  present.  There  were  seven 
men  present  that  I  can  swear  to,  namely :  Union  McMickle,  Bob 
Allen,  John  Allstott,  Jas.  Sanders,  Thos.  Highfield,  John  McKabe, 
and  Benton  Newkirk.  They  told  me  that  they  were  going  to  press 
Goldens'  money  and  horses.  Don't  know  what  they  got,  as  I  took 
no  hand  in  the  robbery.  I  saw  Goldens'  wife,  but  did  not  tell  her 
that  I  had  nothing  to  do  with  it.  I  did  not  see  Goldens.  They 
pressed  a  horse  and  a  pistol  in  another  place.  Allstott  told  me  that 
if  I  ever  told  it  my  life  was  at  stake.  Just  as  I  was  in  the  act  of 
starting  home  I  heard  them  say  that  they  knew  of  several  rich  hauls. 
I  was  at  the  Post  Office  in  Brownstown  on  Thursday.  There  was  a 
good  deal  of  talk  about  seizing  the  guns  of  the  Home  Guards.  I 
heard  Ben.  Brown  and  Benton  Newkirk  hurrah  for  Jeff.  Davis.  The 
crowd  was  of  unusual  size — fifty  men  or  more.  The  robbers  used 
nicknames,  and  it  being  dark  I  only  knew  those  I  saw  inside  at  Gol 
dens'  house. 

LORENZO  D.  KNIGHT,  resident  of  Patoka  township,  Crawford 
county.  I  am  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  the  Golden  Circle.  The 
signs  Gen.  Jordan  gave  me  are  right.  When  Morgan  was  last  in 
Kentucky  they  told  me  that  if  he  came  over  here  he  would  help  us 
and  we  would  help  him.  We  were  to  seize  horses  in  the  neighbor 
hood  to  mount  ourselves.  They  cursed  Lincoln  bitterly.  Dr.  Bowles 
was  a  General  in  the  order.  I  heard  Horace  Heffren's  name  fre 
quently.  We  were  to  get  help  from  Harrison  county  in  resisting  the 
draft.  They  tvere  to  put  Woods,  Cummings  and  Goldens  out  of  the 
way.  There  was  talk  of  robbing  Bill  Ray.  who  was  understood  to 


84  INDIANA   LEGION. 

have  a  large  sum  of  money  about  him.  I  was  with  McMickle,  All- 
stott  and  company,  when  they  went  to  rob  Cummins  on  Friday  morn 
ing.  I  understood  that  a  majority  of  the  people  of  my  county  were 
"Knights."  I  have  heard  Jesse  McWilliams  denounce  the  Presi 
dent,  &c.  Kinsey  Livingston  and  Perry  Knight  asked  me  to  join 
the  K.  G.  C.  I  saw  at  their  meetings  Jas.  Sanders,  John  Mason, 
Elisha  Mason,  Tim.  Mason,  John  Knight,  Wm.  Sanders,  Larkin 
Lankford,  Henry  Strand,  Duval  L.  Brown,  Jesse  Cuzzant,  Tim.  Bel 
cher,  Joel  Newkirk  and  Jonathan  Newkirk.  The  most  of  these  men 
were  at  Kendal's  store,  in  Orange  county,  on  Saturday,  October  1st. 
I  voted  to  resist  the  draft  at  a  meeting  at  Zion's  Hollow,  near 
Brownstown.  This  meeting  was  held  on  Thursday  evening,  Sept. 
29th.  I  think  a  majority  voted  not  to  resist  the  draft.  Those  who 
voted  not  to  resist  the  draft  said  they  had  failed  to  get  the  assistance 
from  other  counties  that  they  expected.  Frank  Enlow  said  he  would 
not  report  if  drafted.  I  was  with  them  at  Goldens  when  he  was 
robbed.  We  did  not  get  as  much  money  as  we  expected.  I  think 
our  leaders  got  all  the  money.  Elias  Corby,  of  Orange,  was  also  at 
Goldens'. 

JOSEPH  E.  ALLEN,  resides  in  Sterling  township,  Crawford  county. 
I  heard  Union  McMickle  say  he  intended  to  use  Jas.  Sloan  up,  and 
kill  Woods,  Cummings  and  Joseph  Miller  at  the  risk  of  his  life.  The 
man  that  went  under  the  name  of  Bob  Allen  was  not  Bob  Allen. 
The  rioters  said  they  were  opposed  to  the  milk  and  water  policy  of 
Jim  Lemonds  (County  Clerk)  and  Mart.  Tucker  (Sheriff,)  and  would 
have  a  policy  of  their  own.  I  voted  to  resist  the  draft.  We  under 
stood  that  there  was  three  hundred  of  our  men  in  camp  in  Harrison 
county.  There  were  men  from  Kentucky  with  us.  Don't  know 
anything  about  the  firing  that  was  done  at  Col.  Johnson's  regiment. 
So  far  as  I  know,  all  the  rioters  belong  to  the  K.  G.  C. 

MARTIN  BELCHER  lives  in  East  township,  Orange  county.  I  am  a 
brother  of  Jerry  Belcher.  I  told  Captain  Tucker  that  I  had  no  arms 
of  my  own,  but  a  borrowed  revolver.  I  delivered  it  up.  I  have 
been  at  one  of  those  meetings.  It  was  at  the  school  house  in  Zion's 
Hollow.  Enos  Nells  was  there ;  also  Union  McMickle  and  Josiah 
Stronde.  Heard  some  talk  about  resisting  the  draft.  It  was  the 
general  understanding  that  the  ballot-boxes  were  to  be  stuffed ;  also, 
that  all  the  strangers  among  us  had  the  right  to  vote. 


REPORT  OF  COLONEL  CHARLES  FOURNIER, 

COMMANDING  STII  REGIMENT  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  STH  REG'T  INDIANA  LEGION,  \ 
Cannelton,  Ind.,  Dec.  6th,  1864.      / 

Gen.  H.  Jordan,  Commanding  2d  Brig.,  2d  Div.,  Ind.  Legion : 

GENERAL  : — According  to  orders  received,  I  would  respectfully 
submit  the  following  report  of  the  operations  of  the  5th  Regiment  of 
the  Indiana  Legion  during  1863  and  1864,  compiled  from  the  reports 
of  company  commanders  : 

On  February  3d,  1863,  I  ordered  out  company  Hickory  Rangers 
(fifty- four  men)  to  do  guard  duty  along  the  lower  part  of  the  county, 
the  rebels  having  full  possession  of  the  town  of  Lewisport,  Ky.,  six 
miles  below  Troy.  The  company  was  kept  on  duty  three  days,  sta 
tioned  at  Cannelton,  Tell  City,  and  Troy. 

On  February  25th,  a  request  was  sent  from  Hawesville  to  send 
some  companies  over  to  repel  a  rebel  attack.  Maj.  Lees,  to  whom 
an  order  was  given  from  here,  called  out  companies  Newcomb 
Guards,  (twenty-two  men,)  Dutch  Yagers,  (thirty-eight  men,)  Emmet 
Guards,  (twenty-six  men,)  together  with  Capt.  Payne's  company, 
Cannelton  Artillery,  (sixteen  men,)  and  stationed  his  forces  opposite 
Hawesville,  ready  to  cross  if  necessary.  No  attack  was  made  by 
the  rebels  and  the  companies  were  discharged. 

On  the  3d  day  of  March  a  company  of  rebel  mounted  infantry 
rode  into  Hawesville  about  dusk.  Proper  measures  were  made  for  a 
night  attack,  but  a  reconnoisance  being  made  by  myself  and  a  few  offi 
cers  into  Hawesville  about  midnight,  it  was  found  that  the  rebels,  after 
enjoying  a  supper  with  their  sympathizers,  had  withdrawn  to  parts 
unknown. 

On  June  8th  a  company  of  rebels  came  into  Cloverport,  Ky.,  for 
the  purpose  of  obtaining  horses.  As  they  avowed  their  purpose  to 


86  INDIANA  LEGION. 

come  over  and  obtain  a  sufficient  number  of  horses  from  Tobin's  Bot 
tom,  I  ordered  Capt.  Tobin,  with  his  company,  (eighty-seven  men,)  to 
the  point  opposite  Cloverport.  The  rebels  did  not  wish  to  fight  for 
the  possession  of  the  horses,  but  took  such  as  they  could  gather  up 
in  Cloverport  and  made  tracks  for  a  more  congenial  clime. 

On  the  17th  of  June  the  rebel  Capt.  Hines  crossed  into  Indiana, 
eighteen  miles  above  here,  with  a  force  of  sixty-five  men.  Immedi 
ately  upon  receiving  the  news,  I  gathered  what  mounted  men  I  could 
and  started  forthwith  in  pursuit.  It  was  said  that  it  was  the  purpose 
of  the  rebels  to  destroy  the  U.  S.  ram  Monarch,  then  lying  high  and 
dry  on  Flint  Island  Bar.  We  reached  the  ram  at  10  o'clock  at  night, 
and  there  learned  that  the  rebels  had  gone  towards  Corydon.  Capt. 
Essary,  commanding  the  2d  battery  of  this  regiment,  had  ordered 
out  all  the  companies  under  his  command  in  pursuit  of  Hines,  who 
turned  to  recross  the  river  above  Leavenworth  at  the  upper  Blue  River 
Island.  When  on  the  Island,  the  Legion  of  Crawford  and  Harrison 
counties,  together  with  Capt.  Essary's  command,  opened  fire  on  the 
rebels,  who,  after  a  vain  attempt  to  swim  the  river,  threw  their  arms 
into  the  water  and  surrendered.  Capt.  Essary  captured  five  men, 
with  their  horses  and  equipments.  The  other  command  captured  two 
stragglers,  one  of  them  mounted. 

All  the  prisoners  were  sent  under  guard  to  Louisville,  by  steamer 
J.  T.  McCombs.  The  horses  and  equipments  were  delivered  to  Capt. 
Merriweather,  Provost  Marshal  of  the  District,  except  one  horse, 
which  belonged  to  Union  Star,  Kentucky.  The  companies  were  dis 
charged  from  duty  on  the  20th.  The  number  of  men  out  on  this 
raid  were  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  mounted  infantry  of  the 
2d  battalion,  and  seventy-four  of  the  1st  battalion,  together  with  fifty- 
seven  men  of  the  cavalry  company  Hickory  Rangers. 

Such  a  lesson  was  taught  the  rebels  that  it  kept  them  in  check  for 
awhile,  until  the  8th  of  July,  when  by  the  returning  steamer  the 
startling  news  was  brought  that  the  rebel  General  John  Morgan  had 
taken  the  steamers  Alice  Dean  and  McCombs  and  was  embarking  his 
men  at  Brandenburgh,  Kentucky — about  sixty  miles  from  here. 
Forthwith  every  man  was  called  out  for  duty,  and  in  less  than  four 
hours  we  had  taken  an  advantageous  position  three  miles  above  Can- 
nelton,  where  steamers,  at  low  water,  are  obliged  to  pass  close  to  the 
Indiana  shore,  in  order  to  dispute  Morgan's  passage  down  the  river, 
should  he  attempt  to  pass.  All  companies  along  the  border  of  this 
county,  together  with  the  Militia  on  the  river,  were  on  duty  until  it 
was  ascertained  that  Morgan  had  crossed  his  forces  and  burned  the 


INDIANA  LEGION.  78 

Alice  Dean.  All  such  as  could  be  mounted  were  then  sent  to 
Leavenworth,  where  we  heard  that  Morgan  was  attempting  to 
recross.  Upwards  of  two  hundred  mounted  men  of  the  2d  Battalion 
had  already  gone  in  pursuit  the  day  before,  who  arrived  too  late  at 
Corydon  and  Leavenworth  to  participate  in  the  heavy  skirmish  so 
gallantly  sustained  by  the  boys  of  the  Harrison  County  Legion. 

A  portion  of  the  men  were  sent  on  the  Paoli  road,  as  it  was  said 
that  Morgan  was  marching  on  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  railroad.  As 
we  had  no  telegraph  communication  the  wildest  rumors  were  always 
afloat.  On  the  llth  I  received,  through  Col.  Crooks,  commanding 
4th  regiment,  an  order  from  Governor  Morton  to  establish  a  line  of 
pickets  so  as  to  form  a  connection  between  New  Albany  and  Evans- 
ville.  A  line  was  formed  forthwith,  connecting  Crawford  and  Spen 
cer  counties,  and  Col.  Crook  notified  thereof,  who  expressed  his 
satisfaction  after  examining  the  lines.  The  men  belonging  to  the 
Legion  were  kept  on  duty  until  the  17th  day  of  July,  when  learning 
that  Morgan  had  gone  out  of  the  State  they  were  discharged. 

My  command  brought  in  four  deserters  of  Morgan's  on  the  12th 
and  two  on  the  13th,  all  of  whom  were  sent  to  Louisville  and  turned 
over  to  Gen.  Boyle. 

Maj.  James  Lees  and  Capt.  Essary  rendered  most  efficient  services 
during  this  raid,  as  did  also  Lieut.  Hathorn,  of  company  Hickory 
Rangers,  wrho  acted  as  Adjutant,  and  proved  himself  a  most  efficient 
officer. 

On  September  15th,  Capt.  Eldred  Pate,  Provost  Marshal  of  Han 
cock  county,  Ky.,  called  on  me  for  help  to  disperse  or  capture  a 
company  of  rebels  then  in  that  county.  With  a  few  men  of  com 
pany  Dutch  Yagers,  I  went  across  and  remained  until  the  evening  of 
the  16th,  when  the  news  came  from  Capt.  Westerfield  that  the  rebels 
had  gone  to  Calhoun. 

Nothing  important  occurred  until  January  12th,  1864,  when  we 
were  again  called  upon  by  the  authorities  at  Hawesville.  I  did  not 
comply  with  their  wish  to  send  men  there,  as  the  citizens  of  Hawes 
ville  seemed  not  to  consider  the  rebels  as  enemies ;  on  the  contrary, 
some  of  the  prominent  citizens  seemed  on  good  terms  with  them. 

On  the  15th  and  16th  of  April  the  companies  were  called  out  for 
inspection,  by  order  of  his  Excellency,  Gov.  Morton.  A  detailed 
report  was  sent  to  Gen.  Noble  on  the  18th  of  April. 

In  May,  of  this  year,  the  rebels  again  began  to  be  thick  on  the 
border,  and  strong  patrol  guards  had  to  be  called  out  repeatedly 
during  this  and  the  following  month.  The  rebels  fired  from  Hawes- 


INDIANA  LEGION. 


ville,  Lewisport,  Owensboro,'  and  other  points,  at  U.  S.  transports 
and  other  steamers. 

On  the  21st  of  May  they  crossed  into  Spencer  county,  at  Taylors- 
ville,  but  were  immediately  repulsed  by  the  Legion  there.     Small 
squads  of  Bines'  and  Forrest's  men  were  then  constantly  hovering 
around  on  the  Kentucky  shore,  coming  into  the  small  Kentucky  bor 
der  towns  whenever  they  had  an  opportunity  of  doing  so  unmolested. 
On  the  15th  of  June,  Capt.  Essary's  command  was  ordered  out  to 
repel  an  expected  attack  of  the  rebels  then  in  force  at  Concordia, 
Ky.     He  ordered  out,  and  took  with  him  into  camp,  company  Oil 
Rifles,  (109  men ;)  company  Oil  Greys,  Capt.  Charlet,  (102  men ;) 
company  Union  Guards,  Capt.  Horten,  (54  men;)  Clark  Township 
Infantry,  Capt.  Haines,  (98  men ;)  and  company  Voltigeurs,  Capt. 
Ader,  (48  men.)     The  men  were  posted  from  Rono  to  the  mouth  of 
Oil  Creek.     A  few  shots  were  exchanged  across  the  river  on  the 
16th,  but  as  there  were  no  means  of  crossing  the  river  with  horses 
our  men  were  compelled  to  stand  it  without  being  able  to  give  them 
a  fight,  which  they  were  more  than  willing  to  do.     Our  boys  claim  to 
have  wounded  some  of  the  secesh.     Only  one  of  the  rebel  bullets 
struck  the  saddle  of  one  of  our  men  on  picket  duty. 

Capt.  Hines,  of  old  notoriety,  commanded  the  rebels.     He  with 
drew  his  forces  from  Concordia  on  the  19th,  and  I  discharged  the 
men  on  the  20th  and  21st,  except  company  Tell  City  Artillery  and 
company   Cannelton   Artillery,   who   were    kept   under   arms    that 
day— the  rebels  having  fired  into  the  U.  S.  transport  Science  No.  2 
at  Hawesville.     A  strong  night  guard  of  the  companies  of  Cannel 
ton  and  Tell  City  was  called  out  and  kept  on  duty  until  June  23d. 
About  this  time  the  U.  S.  gunboat  Springfield  (No.  22)  was  placed  on 
duty  between  Cannelton  and  New  Albany  by  the  Naval  Commander 
of  the  District.     An  occasional  shell,  thrown  unexpectedly  into  the 
squad  of  guerrillas  galloping  along  the  river  bank,  between  here  and 
Salt  river,  kept  the  rebels  in  salutary  dread  of  Uncle  Sam's  spitfires, 
and  things  went  on  quietly  until  July  24th,  when  a  strong  squad' 
pressed  by  the  need  of  money  and  clothing,  attempted  to  come  into 
Hawesville  again,  after  robbing  a  country  store  half  a  mile  from  the 
town,  but  Capt.  Morgan,  of  the  Springfield,  gave  them  a  salute  from 
his  brass  bull-dogs  that  made  them  and  their  rebel  sympathizers,  on 
both  sides  of  the  ,river,  wish  that  powder  had  not  been  invented.    As 
long  as  the  gunboat  remained  here  we  had  very  little  trouble  except 
to  call  out  a  night  guard  now  and  then. 

Gen.  Carrington's  order  of  August   13th  was   rigidly  enforced. 


INDIANA  LEGION.  89 

Several  prisoners,  taken  under  this  order,  were  forwarded  to  Louis 
ville  to  be  sent  to  Gen.  Carrington's  headquarters. 

During  August  and  September  squads  of  companies  Tobin  Guards, 
Hoosier  Wild  Cats,  Tell  City  Rifles,  and  Tell  City,  Troy  and  Cannel- 
ton  Artillery,  were  kept  on  guard  duty. 

On  the  3d  of  October  I  received  an  order  from  your  headquarters 
to  put  a  strong  force  along  the  border  of  tbe  County. 

All  Companies  were  called  out  and  placed  in  regular  camps  along 
the  river  from  Rono  to  Troy,  a  distance  of  40  miles.  Rebels  were  in 
force  along  the  Kentucky  shore,  then,  with  the  purpose  of  crossing, 
as  they  expected  help  on  this  side  from  sympathisers  and  such  mal 
contents  who  had  conceived  the  foolish  idea  of  resisting  the  draft. 
The  men  were  kept  on  duty  until  October  13th,  when  I  received 
orders  to  discharge  the  Companies.  Since  then  guards  have  been 
only  kept  over  the  pieces  of  Artillery  in  possession  of  Company,  Tell 
City  Artillery. 

So  called  Confederate  forces,  well  mounted,  but  poorly  armed,  are  at 
present  very  numerous  on  the  Kentucky  shore  ;  unless  a  strong  caval 
ry  force  is  stationed  on  that  side  of  the  river  no  permanent  good  can 
be  effected.  Three  or  four  hundred  men  could  be  raised  in  this 
County  as  volunteers  for  such  service  ;  perhaps  the  Governor,  on 
application,  would  give  permission  to  raise  a  Cavalry  force  for  that 
purpose. 

The  above  report  compiled  from  the  report  of  Company  officers, 
gives  a  general  outline  of  the  operations  of  the  regiment  I  have  the 
honor  to  command.  All  officers  and  men  with  few  exceptions  per 
formed  their  duty  well. 

A  more  uniform  system  in  the  management  of  the  Legion  is  neces- 
sary,and  I  hope  the  next  Legislature  will  pass  such  amendments  to 
the  present  Militia  Law,  as  will  make  the  organization  more  efficient 
than  it  is  at  present. 

To  the  vigilance  and  personal  exertion  of  the  Company  and  Field 
officers  of  the  Regiment,  the  citizens  of  this  county  are  indebted  for 
the  freedom  from  rebel  raids,  and  destruction  of  property  thereby. 

Respectfully  submitting  the  above  to  your  kind  consideration. 
I  remain  General, 

Your  obedient  servant 

CH.  FOURNIER, 
Col.  5th  Reg.,  L  L. 


REPORT  OF  BRIG.  GEN'L  HENRY  JORDAN. 


HEADQUARTERS  2o  BRIG.,  2o  Div.,  IND.  LEGION,  \ 
Corydon,  January  2,  1865.      J 

Maj.  Gen.  Mansfield,  Commanding  2nd.  Legion  : 

GENERAL  : — Col.  Fournier,  of  the  5th  Reg't  Indiana  Legion,  in  a 
letter  dated  Cannelton,  Dec.  28,  1864,  says  : 

"  I  would  further  make  respectfully  the  following  report,  to  be 
added,  if  necessary,  to  the  report  made  to  you  some  time  ago  con 
cerning  the  operations  of  this  regiment. 

"  Since  the  commencement  of  December,  rebel  forces  have  come 
into  the  town  of  Hawesville  in  strong  numbers,  and  made,  in  fact, 
the  town  their  headquarters. 

"  Maj.  Walker  Taylor,  in  command  of  the  forces,  demanded  that 
they  should  be  left  undisturbed  in  possession  of  the  town  of  Hawes 
ville,  promising  not  to  interrupt  any  of  the  citizens  on  this  side. 

"  I  met  the  rebel  Major  on  the  ferry  boat  for  a  conversation  on  the 
point  named  above,  but  no  terms  were  agreed  to  there,  and  all  com 
munication  stopped. 

"  On  the  28d  of  December,  a  ruffian  who  calls  himself  Capt.  Bill 
Davidson,  with  his  robber  band,  took  possession  of  the  packet  Morn 
ing  Star,  at  Lewisport,  ten  miles  below  here,  where  they  murdered, 
in  cold  blood,  four  Union  soldiers,  drowned  the  steward  of  the  boat, 
and  robbed  the  boat  and  all  the  passengers  of  whatever  money  or 
valuables  they  had. 

"  From  Lewisport  they  made  the  boat  take  them  to  Hawesville, 
without  landing  either  at  Troy,  Tell  City,  or  Cannelton.  As  soon  as 
I  learned  the  facts,  the  companies  on  the  river  were  called  out  for 
duty,  and  four  pieces  of  artillery  brought  into  position  from  Tell 
City.  No  sufficient  force  could  be  collected  during  the  night  to  go 
across  the  river,  which  would  have  been  of  little  use,  the  guerrillas 
having  gone  into  camp  three  miles  below  Hawesville.  In  the  morn- 


'INDIANA  LEGION.  91 

ing  they  returned  to  Hawesville,  and  were  received  by  my  men  with 
a  few  effective  shells,  which  were  thrown  after  them  through  the 
town.  This  has  been,  until  now,  an  effective  remedy  against  their 
depredations.  We  have  neither  seen  nor  heard  of  any  since. 

u  The  shells  did  but  little  damage  to  any  of  the  Hawesville  houses, 
passing  through  a  few,  just  enough  to  show  the  Hawesville  people 
that  I  was  in  earnest  when  I  told  them  last  Friday  that  I  should 
shell  the  guerrillas  out  as  soon  as  they  would  show  themselves.  In 
order  to  carry  out  this  policy  effectually,  and  to  afford  the  border  of 
this  county  a  necessary  protection,  I  have  called  out  a  force  of  fifty 
men  to  be  stationed  here  as  long  as  occasion  shall  require.  I  have 
also  stopped  all  communication  with  the  other  side  of  the  river,  and 

control  all  the  movements  of  the  ferries. 

*         #         *          >!<          *         *          *          x          *         * 

"  Yesterday  the  Tell  City  Rifles  brought  in  three  men  who  wanted 
to  take  the  oath,  confessing  they  had  been  guerrillas.  They  were 
sent  to  Louisville.  ,., 

(Signed)  "CHAS.  FOURNIER." 

The  guerrillas  attacked  a  steamboat  at  Brandenburg  last  Sunday 
morning,  (Jan.  1st),  but  were  repulsed  by  the  guard  on  the  boat.  I 
think  the  guerrillas  in  Kentucky  are  quite  as  strong  as  ever,  reports 
of  their  having  joined  Hood  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

If  what  Col.  Fournier  has  done  does  not  meet  your  approbation 
you  will  please  write  to  him,  giving  him  full  instructions. 

Very  Respectfully, 

HENRY  JORDAN, 

Brig.  Gen.  2nd.  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  BREVET  MAJ.  GEN.  ALVIN  P.  HOVEY. 


HEADQUARTERS  DISTRICT  OF  INDIANA,  ) 
Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Sept.  8,  1864.     / 

Brig.  Gen.  L.  Thomas,  Adjutant  General  U.  S.  A. : 

GENERAL  : — I  have  the  honor  to  make  the  following  report  of  my 
expedition  in  Kentucky,  from  the  16th  to  the  22d  day  of  August, 
A.  D.  1864: 

Being  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Indiana,  awaiting  commands  under  a  verbal 
order  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  having  received  reliable  infor 
mation  that  Colonels  Johnson  and  Seipert,of  the  Confederate  Army, 
were  collecting  a  large  force  in  Union  and  Henderson  Counties, 
numbering  from  one  to  two  thousand,  for  the  purpose  of  crossing  the 
Ohio  river  and  destroying  the  towns  on  the  Indiana  border,  I  wrote 
to  Major  Gen.  Hughes,  of  the  Indiana  Legion,  then  at  Evansville, 
Indiana,  directing  the  defense  of  the  border,  stating  that  if  sufficient 
force  could  be  raised,  I  would  cross  the  river  and  attack  the  camps 
reported  at  and  near  Morgansfield,  Ky.,  hoping  to  surprise  and  cap 
ture  a  large  number  of  the  force  there  engaged  in  conscription  and 
plunder.  By  the  aid  of  Major  Gen.  Hughes,  and  by  my  own  exer 
tions,  I  had,  on  the  morning  of  the  17th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1864, 
at  Mount  Vernon,  Ind.,  the  46th  Reg't  Ind.  Infantry  Vol's,  Col. 
Bringhurst  commanding — 200  men ;  the  non- veterans  of  the  32d 
Reg't  Ind.  Infantry  Vol's,  Col.  Erdelmeyer  commanding — 200  men ; 
several  parts  of  companies  of  infantry,  and  three  companies  of  cav 
alry,  of  the  Indiana  Legion,  from  the  counties  of  Vanderburg,  War- 
rick  and  Posey — making  a  force  of  750  infantry  and  cavalry.  To 
this  was  added  five  pieces  of  artillery  belonging  to  the  Indiana 
Legion. 

The  artillery  not  having  horses,  it  became  necessary  to  press  them 
for  the  guns,  which  was  done  by  myself  in  Posey  County,  and  by 
Gen.  Hughes  in  Vanderburg  County,  Ind.  I  also  detained  five 
steamers — the  Dunleith,  Cottage,  Gen.  Halleck,  Jennie  Hopkins,  and 


INDIANA  LEGION.  93 

Jeanette  Rogers — for  the  purpose  of  transporting  the  infantry,  and 
to  ferry  the  cavalry  and  artillery  across  the  river.  On  the  morning 
of  the  17th  I  started  from  Mount  Vernon,  Indiana,  with  the  infantry 
and  artillery  on  transports,  sending  the  cavalry  along  the  Indiana 
shore  until  they  arrived  opposite  Uniontown,  Ky.,  there  to  cross  on 
transports  sent  for  that  purpose.  We  arrived  at  Uniontown,  Ky.,  at 
2  o'clock  P.  M.  Up  to  this  time  the  movement,  its  object  and  des 
tination,  were  a  complete  secret.  Immediately  moved  out  upon  the 
Morgansfield  road,  skirmishing  slightly  with  the  enemy's  pickets ; 
struck  a  camp  at  White  Oak  Springs,  two  miles  south  of  Morgans- 
field,  Ky.,  about  5  P.  M.,  capturing  a  few  prisoners  and  scattering 
Johnson's  force  in  all  directions.  On  the  18th  I  marched  rapidly, 
and  at  an  early  hour,  to  Geiger's  Lake,  nine  miles  west  of  Morgans- 
field,  where  a  large  camp  was  reported,  sending  cavalry  in  the  direc 
tion  of  Shawneetown,  who  were  to  form  a  junction  and  act  with  the 
infantry.  On  our  arrival  found  the  camp  had  been  deserted  the  night 
before,  on  hearing  of  our  advance.  The  cavalry  skirmished  slightly, 
taking  a  few  prisoners,  but  meeting  no  considerable  force  of  the 
enemy.  At  6  P.  M.,  Gen.  Hughes  reached  Morgansfield,  with  the 
information  that  General  Paine  had  landed  at  Uniontown  with  two 

thousand,  and  Gen.  Prentiss  at  Sbawneetown  with United  States 

troops,  upon  which  information  I  started  on  the  19th,  for  Henderson, 
Ky.,  by  way  of  Smith's  Mills,  at  which  point  the  advance  met  a 
small  body  of  the  enemy  whom  they  charged,  taking  a  few  prisoners, 
including  one  commissioned  officer — Capt.  Bates,  Assistant  Adjutant 
General  to  Col.  Seipert — who  was  severely  wounded.  The  Indiana 
Legion  being  unprepared  for  a  campaign,  I  subsisted  partially  upon 
the  country. 

The  total  number  of  prisoners  taken  was  three  commissioned  offi 
cers  and  thirty  enlisted  men.  We  also  captured  several  horses  and 
mules.  I  desire  to  return  my  sincere  thanks  to  Major  General  James 
Hughes,  of  the  Indiana  Legion,  for  his  assistance,  both  in  collecting 
the  force  and  conducting  the  expedition  ;  also,  to  Col.  John  A.  Mann, 
of  the  Indiana  Legion,  Col.  Bringhurst,  of  the  46th  Reg't  Ind. 
Infantry  Vols.,  Col.  Erdelmeyer  and  Lieut.  Col.  Mank,  of  the  82d 
Ind.  Infantry  Vols.,  and  the  officers  and  men  under  their  command, 
for  their  cheerful  co-operation  and  prompt  execution  of  orders. 
I  am,  General,  with  great  respect, 

Your  Obedient  Servant, 

ALVIN  P.  HOVEY, 
Brev.  Maj.  Gen.  Commanding. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  W.  W.  FRYBARGER, 

CHIEF  OF  ARTILLERY. 


HEADQUARTERS  CHIEF  OF  ARTILLERY,! 
Indianapolis,  August  1st,  1863.      f 

To  His  Excellency,  0.  P.  MORTON,  Governor  of  Indiana: 

DEAR  SIR  : — I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report  as  to 
the  condition  of  the  organized  companies  of  artillery,  and  also,  the 
condition  of  guns  found  at  various  points  along  the  South  border  of 
the  State,  on  the  Ohio  River  from  Lawrenceburg  to  Mt.  Vernon,  and 
for  your  convenience  have  condensed  the  same.  I  first  visited  Law 
renceburg  and  proceeded  from  that  point  to  Mt.  Vernon,  and  care 
fully  inspected  all  the  artillery  on  the  river.  I  found  but  few 
guns  that  were  not  deficient  in  equipment,  the  companies  organized 
are  deficient  in  drill,  most  of  them  wholly  ignorant  of  this  arm  of  the 
service,  and  are  not  instructed  as  to  the  use  of  ordnance  necessary 
to  be  used  with  their  guns.  The  officers  and  men  of  the  organiza 
tions  take  a  lively  interest  in  learning  their  duties,  and  are  anxious 
to  make  themselves  useful,  and  earnestly  ask  that  they  be  supplied 
with  the  necessary  equipments.  It  will  be  impossible  under  the  pres 
ent  condition  of  the  artillery  to  do  anything  towards  making  that 
arm  of  the  service  avilable  until  they  have  been  properly  equipped. 

The  companies  already  organized  have  become  somewhat  discour 
aged  and  demoralized  in  consequence  of  the  facts  stated,  and  until 
equipments  and  small  arms  have  been  furnished  them,  nothing  can  be 
done  to  encourage  them. 

I  desire  to  call  your  especial  attention  to  the  importance  of  fur 
nishing  companies  with  some  description  of  uniform.  If  an  arrange 
ment  could  be  made  to  furnish  the  companies  with  uniforms  and  have 
it  taken  out  of  their  pay,  it  would  satisfy  the  men  and  encourage  them 
in  the  enterprise  of  organizing  and  drilling  for  the  defense  of  the 
border,  to  which  no  arm  of  the  service  could  contribute  more  than 


INDIANA   LEGION.  95 

the  artillery.  Instances  have  already  occurred,  in -which  our  soldiers 
in  citizen's  dress,  have  fired  into  and  killed  each  other.  I  would  also 
reccommend  that  a  change  be  made  along  the  whole  length  of  the 
border,  in  regard  to  the  distribution  of  the  guns ;  under  the  present 
arrangement  they  are  too  much  mixed.  Inexperienced  men  should 
have  but  one  description  of  gun,  because  that  will  be  as  much  as  they 
will  be  able  to  understand  under  their  organization  and  facilities  for 
drilling.  I  found  in  many  points  the  ammunition  which  had  been 
shipped  for  the  guns  already  referred  to,  was  mixed  a  great  deal,  and 
in  a  condition  not  serviceable.  To  sum  up  all  the  defects,  I  regret 
to  say  that  there  is  not  a  complete  equipped  gun  on  the  border;  it 
will  take  one  officer  constantly  engaged  to  keep  it  on  a  proper  foot 
ing.  I  would  respectfully  recommend  that  all  the  guns,  eight  in 
number,  (usually  called  the  Dahlgren)  be  concentrated  on  the  Ohio 
River  where  there  are  hospitals,  say  at  New  Albany,  Madison  and 
Evansvile,  from  the  fact  of  their  being  too  heavy  for  light,  or  field 
artillery.  I  will  also  call  your  especial  attention  to  the  fact  that  I 
have  condemned  eight  bronze  pieces,  which  are  not  safe  to  be  used 
in  consequence  of  having  been  in  the  service  for  a  long  time;  the 
defects  are  especially  mentioned  in  my  condensed  report. 

I  have  ordered  the  officers  in  charge  of  the  condemned  guns  not 
to  use  them  for  any  purpose  whatever — since  my  order  they  have 
been  used,  and  two  sad  accidents  occurred  from  premature  discharges. 
All  the  guns  I  have  condemned,  should  be  sent  to  Mr.  Greenwood,  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  disposed  of.  He  proposes  to  furnish  new  guns 
at  65  cts.  per  Ib.  and  allowing  for  the  old,  22  cts.  per  Ib.  As  long 
as  these  guns  are  along  the  border,  they  will  be  used,  and  when  they 
are  in  use,  will  be  liable  to  premature  discharges,  which  always 
result  in  disaster  and  injury  to  the  service. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Yours  most  respectfully, 

W.  W.  FRYBARGER, 
Col.  1st  Artillery,  Ind.  Vols. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  J.  H.  KOONTZ, 

COMMANDING  DELAWARE  REGIMENT,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


YORKTOWN,  INDIANA,  Nov.  25th,  1864. 
Maj.  Gen.  J.  L.  Mansfield,  Indianapolis,  Indiana : 

DEAR  SIR  : — My  command  has  as  yet  seen  no  service,   either  in 
enforcing  the  laws  or  repelling  raids. 

Respectfully, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

J.  H.  KOONTZ, 
Col.  Delaivare  Regiment  Indiana  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  MAJ.  DAVID  E.  SHAW. 

COMMANDING  RANDOLPH  BATTALION,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  RANDOLPH  COUNTY  BATTALION,  \ 
Farmland,  Indiana,  Nov.  30th,  1864.      / 

Maj.  Gen.  J.  L.  Mansfield: 

DEAR  SIR: — In  compliance  with  your  request  I  have  to  report  that 
the  only  service  performed  by  my  command  within  the  last  year,  has 
been  the  battalion  drills,  as  the  Militia  Law,  section  37,  demands. 
On  each  occasion  there  wag  a  very  general  turn  out  and  the  battalion 


INDIANA    LEGION.  97 

was  exercised  in  all  the  various  duties  of  camp  and  drill,  very  much 
to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  ob't  servant, 

DAVID  E.  SHAW, 
Maj.  Commanding  Battalion* 


REPORT  OF  COL.  KENNEDY  BROWN, 

COMMANDING  9ra  REG'T  INDIANA  LEGION. 


VERNON,  Ind.,  Nov.  30, 1864, 
Maj.  Gen.  Mansfield? 

SIR  : — Yours  at  hand.  The  9th  Indiana  Legion  was  after  Morgan 
nine  days ;  on  duty  in  Madison  four  days ;  making  sum  total  of  thir* 
teen  days  service  rendered. 

Yours  truly, 

K.  BROWN, 
Col.  Qth  Indiana  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  MAJOR  WILLIAM  MANNING, 

COMMANDING  WAYNE  BATTALION,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS  WAYNE  Co.  BATTALION, 

IND 
Abingtoi 

Maj.  Gen.  J*  L.  Mansfield  : 


YNE  Co.  BATTALION,"| 
INDIANA  LEGION,      V 
dngton,  Dec.  3,  1864.  j 


DEAR  SIR  : — To  -day  I  had  the  honor  of  receiving  yours  of  the 
21st  ult.,  requesting  a  detailed  account  of  the  part  taken  by  my 
M,  R.— 7 


INDIANA   LEGION. 


command  in  any  of  the  raids,  or  on  other  occasions,  &c.  I  beg  leave 
to  say  that  at  the  time  of  the  raid  of  Morgan,  in  July  of  1863,  there 
were  organized  in  this  county  three  companies  of  Militia,  under  the 
act  organizing  the  Indiana  Legion,  all  of  which  companies  responded 
to  the  call  of  the  Governor  at  that  time.  Of  the  part  taken  by  each 
company  on  that  occasion  I  have  no  official  knowledge.  Since  that 
time  there  have  been  two  other  companies  organized;  and,  on  the 
29th  of  August,  1868,  the  five  companies  \vere  formed  into  a  battal 
ion,  and  I  was  elected  and  commissioned  to  the  command  of  the  same. 
Since  then  we  have  not  been  on  duty. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  MANNING, 
Maj.  Wayne  Co.  Battalion,  Indiana  Legion. 


REPORT  OF  MAJOR  WILSON  MORROW, 

COMMANDING  FRANKLIN  BATTALION,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


BROOKVILLE,  December  5,  1864. 
Maj.  Gen.  Mansfield,  Commanding  Indiana  Legion : 

GENERAL  : — I  am  in  receipt  of  yours  of  the  22d  ult.,  requesting 
a  detailed  report  of  the  military  services  rendered  by  the  Indiana 
Legion  under  my  command,  since  the  last  session  of  the  Legislature. 

No  part  of  my  command  has  been  called  into  actual  service  since 
the  organization  of  the  battalion,  either  by  the  military  or  civil 
authorities  of  the  State.  There  h^re  been  frequent  company  and  bat 
talion  drills.  On  the  16th  of  April  last,  in  pursuance  to  orders,  the 
battalion  met  at  Brookville  for  drill,  and  while  thus  engaged,  an 
attempt  was  made  by  some  soldiers  at  home  on  furlough,  to  demolish 
a  printing  office  in  said  town,  which  had  abused  them  and  their  cause. 
In  obedience  to  my  orders  a  portion  of  my  command  interposed, 


INDIANA   LEGION.  99 

restored  order,  and  protected  the  property  from  destruction,  to  accom 
plish  which  we  had  to  guard  the  property  all  night.  Over  one  hun 
dred  of  my  command,  including  myself,  volunteered,  last  May,  in  the 
one  hundred  days  service. 

Perhaps  none  of  the  above  items  come  within  the  service  of  which 
you  required  a  detailed  report,  but  I  submit  them  for  your  considera 
tion. 

Very  Respectfully, 

Your  Ob't  Serv't, 

WILSON  MORROW,  Major  F.  C.  B. 


REPORT  OF  COL  THOMAS  WEBB, 

COMMANDING  MARION  COUNTY  REGIMENT,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  Indiana,  Dec.  9,  1864. 
Maj.  Gen.  Mansfield  : 

SIR  : — I  have  the  honor  to  make  the  following  report  of  my  com 
mand,  in  compliance  with  request  from  headquarters.  Since  the 
regiment  came  into  my  command,  it  has  never  been  in  any  engage 
ments  or  done  more  than  drill.  The  regiment  was  organized  in 
August,  1863,  shortly  after  the  Morgan  raid.  Six  out  of  the  nine 
companies  composing  the  regiment  took  part  in  the  campaign  against 
Morgan. 

I  have  requested  the  officers  commanding  those  companies  to  make 
a  full  and  accurate  report  to  me,  which  I  will  forward  as  soon  as 
received,  if  necessary ;  or  will  not  those  companies  be  reported  in 
the  regiments  to  which  they  then  belonged  ? 

I  am,  Sir, 

Your  Ob't  Serv't, 

THOS.  WEBB, 
Col.  Commanding  Marion  Co.  Regiment. 


REPORT  OF  COL.  HARVEY  D.  SCOTT, 

COMMANDING  VIGO  REGIMENT,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


TERRE  HAUTE,  Dec.  20,  1864. 
Ma}.  Gen.  John  L.  Mansfield  : 

DEAR  SIR  : — In  accordance  with  your  letter  of  the  22d  November^ 
1864,  I  submit  the  following  statement : 

The  Yigo  regiment  was  organized  the  4th  day  of  September,  1863,. 
since  which  time  the  regiment  has  had  three  battalion  drills.  The 
companies  composing  the  regiment  have  had  two  drills  each  month. 
The  commanders  of  companies  have  had  one  officers'  drill  of  three 
days.  The  regiment  has  not  performed  any  active  service,  but  has 
been  prepared  and  ready  for  any  service  required  since  its  organiza 
tion* 

Respectfully, 

Your  Ob't  Serv't, 

H.  D.  SCOTT, 
Col.  Vic/o  Regiment,  Indiana  Legion* 


REPORT  OF  CAPT.  THOS.  M.  ADAMS, 

COMMANDING  CENTER  GUARDS,  INDIANA  LEGION. 


NASHVILLE,  Ind.,  December  9th,  1864. 
To  Maj.  Wm.  T.  Jones,  A.  A.  Gen'l,  2d  Brig.  2d  Div.  Ind.  Legion.- 

In  compliance  with  a  communication  from  your  Headquarters,, 
dated  the  28th  ult.,  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the  following  report 
of  the  operations  of  the  "Center  Guards. :."' 


INDIANA  LESION. 

The  command  was-  organized  and  mustered .  in  >'<?a  tfre'  4ti- -idy.  >cf 
June  1864,  and  has  never  been  called  out  for  duty. 

It  has,  however,  ©nee  been  called  out  for  inspection,  by  the  Major 
General  Commanding  2d  Division,  and  was  by  Lieut.  Col.  Gavins,, 
inspected  on  the  8th  day  of  September,  1864. 

The  company  has  spent  eight  days  drilling  sinxie  its  organization. 
I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Major, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

THOMAS  M.  ADAMS, 
Capt.  Comd'g  Center  Guards. 


REPORT  OF  BRIG.  GEK  HENRY  JORDAN, 

COMMANDING  2o  DIVISION  INDIANA  LEGION. 


HEADQUARTERS,  IST  &  2D  BRIGADES  INDIANA  LEGION,  \ 
CORYDON,  November  25th,  1864.     j 

To  W.  H.  H.  Terrell,  Adft  Gen.  Indiana,  Indianapolis,  Ind.: 

General: — Your  attention  is  respectfully  called  to  the  condition  of 
affairs  in  the  counties  of  this  State  lying  west  of  New  Albany  on  the- 
Ohio  River. 

The  counties  of  Kentucky,  opposite  the  District  referred  to,  are> 
and  for  months  have  been,  as  completely  in  the  possession  of  the 
rebel  forces  as  any  part  of  the  revolted  States.  Parties  of  guerril 
las,  generally  small,  but  sometimes  numbering  several  hundred  each,, 
not  only  rob  and  plunder  indiscriminately  in  Kentucky,  but  some 
times  extend  their  operations  to  the  north  side  of  the  Ohio  River. 
They  have  repeatedly  fired  upon  steamboats,  passing  up  and  down 
the  river,  seriously  hindering  the  navigation  of  the  stream.  They 
have  on  several  occasions  fired  across  the  river  at  our  citizens,  thus 
preventing  them  from  pursuing  their  usual  avocations  upon  their  own 
premises.  They  effectually  prevent  our  loyal  citizens  from  visiting 
Kentucky,  either  upon  business  or  pleasure.  They  have  several 


102  INDIANA  LEGION. 


crossed  the  river  and  robbed,  and  otherwise  injured  our  citi 
zens.  They  have  constantly  threatened,  and  do  now  threaten,  to 
invade  this  State.  Heavily  reinforced,  during  the  past  two  months, 
by  citizens  of  Kentucky  escaping  from  the  operations  of  the  Fed 
eral  draft,  and  by  volunteers,  they  now  constitute  a  very  formidable 
force,  and  their  presence  upon  the  border  of  the  State  is  significant 
of  aggressive  movements.  Bad  as  this  condition  of  affairs  is,  our  peo 
ple  are  apprehensive  of  still  greater  calamities.  The  near  approach 
of  winter  admonishes  us  that  by  the  freezing  of  the  river  —  which  is 
not  improbable,  as  that  has  often  occurred  before  —  we  will  lose  our 
greatest  protection  from  the  operations  of  these  desperadoes,  and 
that  it  is  now  important  to  resort  to  more  effective  measures  for  self 
defence. 

Already  some  of  our  people  living  near  the  river,  are  making  pre 
parations  to  remove  their  property  into  the  interior  of  the  State,  and 
the  officers  of  the  Legion  are  asking  that  a  sufficient  force  be  put 
upon  active  duty  in  each  county,  to  save  the  artillery  from  capture 
by  surprise. 

I  have  already  advised  you,  that  in  my  judgment,  all  our  artillery 
in  the  river  counties,  might  easily  be  captured  and  carried  off  by 
guerrillas  before  the  members  of  the  Legion  could  be  assembled  and 
brought  to  its  support  ;  and  I  have  to  repeat  now,  that  unless  some 
kind  .of  support  is  afforded  it,  it  should  be  removed  to  the  interior 
counties  of  the  State. 

Having  had  some  experience  with  the  companies  of  the  Legion  on 
active  duty  along  the  river  on  the  Indiana  side,  I  am  entirely  con 
vinced  that  that  policy  will  not  give  the  protection  which  is  desired. 
As,  in  a  country  like  Southern  Indiana,  it  requires  from  twelve  to 
twenty-four  hours  to  assemble  the  Legion  of  a  single  county,  a  mere 
picket  of  observation  would  be  of  but  little  consequence,  for  if  the 
river  should  be  frozen  over,  or  the  means  of  crossing  the  river  good, 
the  enemy  would  arrive  at  headquarters  with  the  picket,  and  accom 
plish  his  purpose  and  escape  before  a  force  could  b6  collected  to 
resist.  Our  artillery  might  be  carried  off  in  this  way,  and  indeed  all 
the  members  of  the  Legion  might  be  surprised  and  disarmed  while 
off  duty  and  at  their  respective"  homes.  I  repeat  that  a  picket  of 
observation  would  do  but  little  good,  and  a  defensive  picket  along  that 
portion  of  our  border,  which  is  threatened,  is  not  to  be  thought  of. 

From  the  mouth  of  Salt  River  (Ky.,)  where  the  trouble  begins,  to 
the  mouth  of  the  Wabash  where  it  ends  —  that  is  so  far  as  Indiana  is 
concerned  —  the  distance,  by  the  river  is  something  over  three  hun- 


INDIANA   LEGION.  103 

dred  miles,  and  an  entire  army  corps  would  not  give  us  a  line  of  that 
length  capable  of  resisting  the  enemy  if  he  should  concentrate  his 
forces  and  attack  a  section  of  the  line.  Nor  will  the  stationing  of 
troops  in  the  towns  on  the  Kentucky  side,  secure  us  from  the  opera 
tions  of  the  enemy.  Nothing  but  cavalry,  put  on  the  south  side  of 
the  river,  will  answer  the  purpose.  What  we  want  is  one  or  two 
regiments  of  cavalry,  put  upon  the  Kentucky  side  and  kept  there, 
with  orders  to  scout  the  whole  country  along  our  border,  and  to  run 
the  guerrillas  out  and  keep  them  out.  If  the  United  States  Gov 
ernment  can't  furnish  the  troops,  the  State  can.  I  am  satisfied  that 
two  regiments  of  cavalry  might  be  raised  under  the  Legion  Laws,  in 
the  border  counties  of  this  State,  with  the  understanding  that  they 
should  be  called  into  the  United  States  service,  say  for  six  months, 
and  kept  on  the  other  side  of  the  river.  Such  a  plan  would  have 
these  advantages  : 

1st.  Having  their  homes  in  Southern  Indiana,  the  men  would 
have  a  peculiar  interest  in  doing  their  work  well. 

2d.  The  fears  of  retaliation  would  prevent  them  from  wanton 
depredations  on  property,  etc.,  an  influence  that  would  not  operate 
upon  troops  whose  property  is  beyond  the  reach  of  such  measures. 

3d.  Being  a  part  of  the  Legion  organization,  and  our  own  neigh 
bors,  there  would  be  a  sympathy  between  them  and  us,  which  would 
secure  a  more  hearty  co-operation  in  the  event  of  extensive  move 
ments  by  the  enemy. 

4th.  When  discharged  from  the  government  service,  it  would  give 
to  our  Home  Gua^d  organization  one  or  two  regiments  of  disciplined 
men,  to  be  used  with  an  untried  militia,  in  future  troubles,  should 
any  occur.  Other  advantages  might  be  cited,  but  are  deemed  unnec 
essary.  There  is  in  Southern  Indiana,  at  this  time,  a  large  number 
of  discharged  officers  and  soldiers,  many  of  them  from  the  cavalry 
and  mounted  infantry  service,  that  would  readily  engage  in  this  ser 
vice,  and  furnish  the  best  of  materials  for  officers  and  non-commis 
sioned  officers,  thus  giving  us  an  efficient  organization  from  the  begin 
ning. 

Your  attention  is  earnestly  called  to  this  proposition,  in  the  confi 
dent  belief  that  measures  will  at  once  be  taken  to  secure  this  part  of 
the  State  from  a  fate  that  it  has  never  deserved. 

Permit  me,  in  conclusion,  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact, referred 
to  in  the  communication  of  Col.  Fournier,  of  the  5th  Reg't  Indiana 
Legion,  dated  Dec.  28,  1864,  and  forwarded  from  these  headquarters, 
that  while  this  state  of  facts  exists,  to  the  knowledge  and  terror  of 

' 


104  INDIANA  LEGION. 

all  our  loyal  people  in  the  border  counties,  the  disloyal  papers  and 
citizens  in  our  midst  are  constantly  attempting  to  throw  our  military 
authorities  off  their  guard  by  asserting  that  the  guerrillas  have  left 
Kentucky.  The  warm  sympathy  and  perfect  concert  of  action  known 
to  exist  between  the  guerrillas  of  Kentucky  and  disloyal  Indianians, 
fully  explain  this  conduct  and  disarm  it  of  its  dangerous  influences. 
Very  Respectfully, 

Your  Ob't  Serv't, 

HENRY  JORDAN, 

Brig.  Gen.  Oowfdg* 


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